Psalms 10

Psalm 10 ESV

1David complaineth to God of the outrages of the wicked: 12he prayeth for reparation: 16he professeth his confidence.
1 Why, O Lord, do you stand 1far away? Why 2do you hide yourself in 3times of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them 1be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked 1boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain 2cursesa and 3renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his facea the wicked does not 1seek him;b all his thoughts are, 2“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, 1out of his sight; as for all his foes, he 2puffs at them.
6 He 1says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I 2shall not meet adversity.”
7 1His mouth is filled with cursing and 2deceit and 3oppression; 4under his tongue are 5mischief and 6iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in 1hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like 1a lion in his 2thicket; he 3lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his 4net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has 1hidden his face, he 2will never see it.”
12 1Arise, O Lord; O God, 2lift up your hand; 3forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked 1renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not 2call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you 1note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless 2commits himself; you have been 3the helper of the fatherless.
15 1Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; 2call his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 1The Lord is king forever and ever; the 2nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will 1strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to 1do justice to the fatherless and 2the oppressed, so that 3man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Psalms 10

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