Psalms 10
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
1Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself 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 arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for 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.
5His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
6He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'
6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
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 oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against 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 lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
10The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
11He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'
11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.
12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into 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 do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and 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. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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 will perish 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, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your 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 man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
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