OEBcth - Psalms - 10

10:1  Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?

10:2  The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.

10:3  For the wicked boast of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,

10:4  in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.

10:5  Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.

10:6  Each says in their heart, “I will never be shaken; I will live for all time untouched by misfortune.”

10:7  Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.

10:8  Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder the innocent.

10:9  Like a lion lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.

10:10  Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. Under claws the hapless fall.

10:11  In their hearts the wicked say that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.

10:12  Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.

10:13  Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, “God doesn’t care”?

10:14  You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.

10:15  Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.

10:16  The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.

10:17  Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,

10:18  rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.