| Psa. 10:1 |
Why, O Jehovah, do You stand far off? / [Why] do You hide Yourself in times of distress? |
| Psa. 10:2 |
Arrogantly the wicked hotly pursue the poor-- / May they be caught in the plots that they devise! |
| Psa. 10:3 |
For the wicked man boasts of the desire of his soul, / And the rapacious man curses, [even] despises, Jehovah. |
| Psa. 10:4 |
The wicked man, according to the haughtiness of his countenance, / [Says,] He will not require [it;] / All his thoughts are [this:] There is no God! |
| Psa. 10:5 |
His ways succeed at all times; / Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; / As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. |
| Psa. 10:6 |
He has said in his heart, I will not be shaken; / I will be in no trouble forever. |
| Psa. 10:7 |
His mouth is full of curses and of deceit and oppression; / Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. |
| Psa. 10:8 |
He sits in the ambushes of the open villages; / In hidden places he murders the innocent; / His eyes secretly watch for the unfortunate. |
| Psa. 10:9 |
He lurks in secret like a lion in [its] covert; / He lurks [ready] to seize the poor; / He seizes the poor, drawing [them] up in his net. |
| Psa. 10:10 |
He stoops, he crouches, / And the unfortunate fall by his mighty [claws.] |
| Psa. 10:11 |
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; / He has hidden His face; He will never see [this.] |
| Psa. 10:12 |
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand. / Do not forget the poor. |
| Psa. 10:13 |
Why does the wicked man despise God / [And] say in his heart, You will not require [it ?] |
| Psa. 10:14 |
You do see! For You observe mischief and vexation, / To requite [it] with Your own hand. / To You the unfortunate one commits [his cause;] / You have been the help of the orphan. |
| Psa. 10:15 |
Break the arm of the wicked man and the evildoer; / Seek out his wickedness until You find no more. |
| Psa. 10:16 |
Jehovah is King forever and ever; / The nations have perished from His land. |
| Psa. 10:17 |
You have heard the desire of the lowly, O Jehovah; / You will establish their heart; You will cause Your ears to listen, |
| Psa. 10:18 |
In order to execute justice for the orphan and the oppressed one, / That the mortal man of the earth may terrorize no longer. |