AB - Psalms - 10

10:1  Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

10:2  While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued; the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

10:3  Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

10:4  The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after Him; God is not before him.

10:5  His ways are profane at all times; Your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

10:6  For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without adversity from generation to generation.

10:7  Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

10:8  He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

10:9  He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him after him: he will bring him down in his snare.

10:10  He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

10:11  For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He has turned away His face so as never to look.

10:12  Arise, O Lord God; let Your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

10:13  Why has the wicked provoked God? For he has said in his heart, He will not require it.

10:14  You see it; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

10:15  Break the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

10:16  The Lord shall reign forever, even forever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out His land.

10:17  The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: Your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

10:18  to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.