PSALM 10
1Why do You stand far off, O LORD,ל
turn away in times of distress?
2In the wicked man’s pride he pursues the poor,
but is caught in the schemes he devised.
3For the wicked did vaunt in his very lust,
grasping for gain—cursed, blasphemed the LORD.
4The wicked sought not in his towering wrath—
“There is no God” is all his schemes.
5His ways are uncertain in every hour,
Your judgments are high up above him.
All his foes he enflames.
6He said in his heart, “I will not stumble,
for all time I will not come to harm.”
7His mouth is full of oaths,פ
beneath his tongue are guile and deceit,
mischief and misdeed.
8He waits in ambush in a sheltered place,
from a covert he kills the blameless,
for the wretched his eyes look out.ע
9He lies in wait in a covert like a lion in his lair,
lies in wait to snatch up the poor,
snatch the poor as he pulls with his net.
10The lowly bow down,
and the wretched fall into his traps.
11He said in his heart, “God has forgotten,
has hidden His face, never more to see.”
12Rise, O LORD, raise Your hand,ק
13Why has the wicked despised God,
has said in his heart, “You shall not seek out”?
14For You have seen mischiefר
and have looked on vexation.
The wretched leaves his fate in Your hands.
It is You Who help the orphan.
15Break the arm of the wicked,ש
and seek out evil,
let wickedness not be found.
16The LORD is king for all time,
nations are lost from His land.
17The desire of the poor You have heard, O LORD,ת
You make their heart firm, Your ear listens.
18To do justice for the orphan and the wretched,