Psalms 10

Why Do You Hide Yourself?

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.
3For 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.
4In 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.”
5His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, mout of his sight;
as for all his foes, he npuffs at them.
6He 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.
8He sits in ambush in the villages;
in whiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9he 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.
10The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11He 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.
13Why does the wicked agrenounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not ahcall to account”?
14But 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.
17O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will apstrengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18to aqdo justice to the fatherless and arthe oppressed,
so that asman who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalms 91

My Refuge and My Fortress

1 He who dwells in atthe shelter of the Most High
will abide in authe shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say
Septuagint He will say
to the Lord, “My awrefuge and my axfortress,
my God, in whom I aytrust.”
3 For he will deliver you from azthe snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4He will bacover you with his pinions,
and under his bbwings you will bcfind refuge;
his bdfaithfulness is bea shield and buckler.
5 bfYou will not fear bgthe terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8You will only look with your eyes
and bhsee the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your bidwelling place
the Most High, who is my bjrefuge
Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place

10 blno evil shall be allowed to befall you,
bmno plague come near your tent.
11 bnFor he will command his boangels concerning you
to bpguard you in all your ways.
12On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you bqstrike your foot against a stone.
13You will tread on brthe lion and the bsadder;
the young lion and btthe serpent you will butrample underfoot.
14 Because he bvholds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he bwknows my name.
15When he bxcalls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and byhonor him.
16With bzlong life I will satisfy him
and cashow him my salvation.”
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