10:1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
10:2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
10:3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
10:5 His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.
10:6 He says to himself, “Nothing will shake me; I’ll always be happy and never have trouble.”
10:7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.
10:9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10:10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees.”
10:12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
10:13 Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?
10:14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
10:15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.
10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
10:17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
10:18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
10:1 Why, O Jehovah, do You stand far off? / Why do You hide Yourself in times of distress?
10:2 Arrogantly the wicked hotly pursue the poor ? / May they be caught in the plots that they devise!
10:3 For the wicked man boasts of the desire of his soul, / And the rapacious man curses, even despises, Jehovah.
10:4 The wicked man, according to the haughtiness of his countenance, / Says, He will not require it; / All his thoughts are this: There is no God!
10:5 His ways succeed at all times; / Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; / As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
10:6 He has said in his heart, I will not be shaken; / I will be in no trouble forever.
10:7 His mouth is full of curses and of deceit and oppression; / Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
10:8 He sits in the ambushes of the open villages; / In hidden places he murders the innocent; / His eyes secretly watch for the unfortunate.
10:9 He lurks in secret like a lion in its covert; / He lurks ready to seize the poor; / He seizes the poor, drawing them up in his net.
10:10 He stoops, he crouches, / And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
10:11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; / He has hidden His face; He will never see this.
10:12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand. / Do not forget the poor.
10:13 Why does the wicked man despise God / And say in his heart, You will not require it?
10:14 You do see! For You observe mischief and vexation, / To requite it with Your own hand. / To You the unfortunate one commits his cause; / You have been the help of the orphan.
10:15 Break the arm of the wicked man and the evildoer; / Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.
10:16 Jehovah is King forever and ever; / The nations have perished from His land.
10:17 You have heard the desire of the lowly, O Jehovah; / You will establish their heart; You will cause Your ears to listen,
10:18 In order to execute justice for the orphan and the oppressed one, / That the mortal man of the earth may terrorize no longer.