Psalms 10
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
5His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
6He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'
6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.
8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
9He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.
9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
10They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
11He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'
11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.
12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
14Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.
15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
16The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.
16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;
17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
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