PsalmsChapter 10

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¹LORD, why do you stand so far away?
Why do you hide in times of trouble? ²The wicked are proud, and they chase the needy.
Let them be caught in the evil plans they make. ³For the wicked man brags about what his heart wants.
He blesses greedy people and insults the LORD. ⁴The wicked man is proud, so he does not look for God.
In all his plans, there is no God. ⁵Things always go well for him.
Your judgments are high above him, far out of his sight.
He sneers at all his enemies. ⁶He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me.
I will never have trouble, year after year." ⁷His mouth is full of curses, lies, and violence.
Trouble and evil are under his tongue. ⁸He hides and waits near the villages.
From his hiding place he kills people who did no wrong.
His eyes secretly watch for those who are helpless. ⁹He waits in hiding like a lion in the bushes.
He waits to grab the poor.
He catches the weak in his net. ¹⁰They are crushed and beaten down.
The helpless fall under his strength. ¹¹He says to himself, "God has forgotten.
He hides his face and never sees." ¹²Get up, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God!
Do not forget the helpless. ¹³Why does the wicked man turn his back on God?
He says to himself, "You will never make me answer for what I do." ¹⁴But you have seen the trouble and the sadness.
You watch so you can pay it back with your hand.
The one who is hurt trusts himself to you.
You help children who have no father. ¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and evil man.
Make him answer for his evil
until there is none of it left to find. ¹⁶The LORD is King forever and ever.
The nations perish from his land. ¹⁷LORD, you have heard what the humble want.
You will make their hearts strong.
You will turn your ear to listen, ¹⁸to stand up for children with no father and for those treated badly.
Then people of the earth will not scare others anymore.