Psalms 10

1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

1Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2 The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

4 The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is noGod!

4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5 His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

9 He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

11 He saith in his heart,God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12 Arise, Jehovah; OGod, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemnGod? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14 Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

16The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.