Psalms 10
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD ? why hidest thou thyself 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.
2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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 sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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 lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it .
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.
12Arise, O LORD ; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it .
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.
14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art 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 thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.
16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;
17LORD , thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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