Psa 10-13 | 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.

Psalms 11

The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

1 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
^at“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked ^aubend the bow;
^avthey have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3 if ^awthe foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?” ^{▼▼Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?}
4 ^ayThe Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord’s ^azthrone is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids ^batest the children of man.
5 The Lord ^bbtests the righteous,
but ^bchis soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
^bdfire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be ^bethe portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;
he ^bfloves righteous deeds;
^bgthe upright shall behold his face.

Psalms 12

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.

1 Save, O Lord, for ^bithe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone ^bjutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^bkflattering lips and ^bla double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all ^bmflattering lips,
the tongue that makes ^bngreat boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because ^bothe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^bpI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^bqsafety for which he longs.”
6 ^brThe words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us ^{▼▼Or guard him} from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Psalms 13

How Long, O Lord?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^btHow long, O Lord? Will you ^buforget me forever?
How long will you ^bvhide your face from me?
2 How long must I take ^bwcounsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 ^bxConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^bylight up my eyes, lest ^bzI sleep the sleep of death,
4 ^calest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am ^cbshaken.
5 But I have ^cctrusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall ^cdrejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 10

Why Do You Hide Yourself?