Psalms 10

MKJV^{(i) 1} Why do You stand afar off, O Jehovah? Will You hide in times of trouble? ² The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined. ³ For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises. ⁴ Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes. ⁵ His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them. ⁶ He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil! ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and vanity. ⁸ He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor. ⁹ He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. ¹⁰ He crouches and bows, and the poor have fallen by his might. ¹¹ He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever! ¹² Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble. ¹³ Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge. ¹⁴ You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless. ¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness, until You find none. ¹⁶ Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land. ¹⁷ Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear, ¹⁸ to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.