Psalms 10

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.

1 Why ^ado You stand far away, Lord?
Why ^bdo You hide ▼

▼Or Your eyes

Yourself in times of trouble?
2 In ^darrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;
▼

▼Or They will be caught

Let them be ^fcaught in the plots which they have devised.

3 For the wicked ^gboasts of his ^hsoul’s desire,
And ▼

▼Or blesses the greedy man

the greedy person curses and ^jshows disrespect to the Lord.
4 The wicked, ▼

▼Lit the height of his nose

in his haughtiness, ^ldoes not seek Him.
^mThere is no God in all his schemes.

5 His ways ⁿsucceed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^oout of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
6 He says to himself, “ ^pI will not be moved;
▼

▼Lit To

Throughout the generations ^rI will not be in adversity.”
7 His ^smouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^toppression;
^uUnder his tongue is harm and injustice.
8 He sits in the ^vlurking places of the villages;
He ^wkills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ▼

▼Lit lie in wait

surreptitiously watch for the ▼

▼Or poor

, ^zunfortunate.
9 He lurks in secret like ^aaa lion in his ▼

▼Or thicket

lair;
He ^aclurks to catch ^adthe needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^aenet.
10 Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ▼

▼Or unhappy

unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
11 He ^agsays to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

12 Arise, Lord; God, ^ahlift up Your hand.
^aiDo not forget the humble.
13 Why has the wicked ^ajtreated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “ ▼

▼I.e., as though God will ignore it

You will not require an account.”
14 You have seen it, for You have looked at ^alharm and provocation to ▼

▼Lit put, give

take it into Your hand.
The ▼

▼Or poor

, ^aounfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^aphelper of the orphan.
15 ^aqBreak the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
▼

▼Or May You seek

, ^asSeek out his wickedness until You find none.

16 The Lord is ^atKing forever and ever;
^auNations have perished from His land.
17 Lord, You have heard the ^avdesire of the humble;
You will ^awstrengthen their heart, ^axYou will make Your ear attentive
18 To ▼

▼Lit judge

vindicate the ^azorphan and the ^baoppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^bbterror.