Psa 10 | ESV | STEP | Why, O Lord , do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble ?

1 Why, O Lord, do you stand ^afar away?
Why ^bdo you hide yourself in ^ctimes of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them ^dbe caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked ^eboasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain ^fcurses ^{▼▼Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain} and ^hrenounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face ^{▼▼Or of his anger} the wicked does not ^jseek him; ^{▼▼Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”}
all his thoughts are, ^l“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, ^mout of his sight;
as for all his foes, he ⁿpuffs at them.
6 He ^osays in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I ^pshall not meet adversity.”
7 ^qHis mouth is filled with cursing and ^rdeceit and ^soppression;
^tunder his tongue are ^umischief and ^viniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in ^whiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like ^xa lion in his ^ythicket;
he ^zlurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^aanet.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has ^abhidden his face, he ^acwill never see it.”
12 ^adArise, O Lord; O God, ^aelift up your hand;
^afforget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked ^agrenounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not ^ahcall to account”?
14 But you do see, for you ^ainote mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^ajcommits himself;
you have been ^akthe helper of the fatherless.
15 ^alBreak the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
^amcall his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 ^anThe Lord is king forever and ever;
the ^aonations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will ^apstrengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to ^aqdo justice to the fatherless and ^arthe oppressed,
so that ^asman who is of the earth may strike terror no more.