RSV Psalms 10 Chapter
10:1
Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
10:2
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.
10:3
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
10:4
In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him;all his thoughts are, 'There is no God.'
10:5
His ways prosper at all times;thy judgments are on high, out of his sight;as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
10:6
He thinks in his heart, 'I shall not be moved;throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.'
10:7
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
10:8
He sits in ambush in the villages;in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,
10:9
he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert;he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10:10
The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
10:11
He thinks in his heart, 'God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.'
10:12
Arise, O LORD;O God, lift up thy hand;forget not the afflicted.
10:13
Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, 'Thou wilt not call to account'?
10:14
Thou dost see;yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayest take it into thy hands;the hapless commits himself to thee;thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and evildoer;seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
10:16
The LORD is king for ever and ever;the nations shall perish from his land.
10:17
O LORD, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek;thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear
10:18
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.