Psalms 10
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
1Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
2In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
3For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
4For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
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.
5The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
6The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
7He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
8For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.
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.
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10The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
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11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
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12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
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13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
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14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
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15Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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16The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
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17LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
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18to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
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