Psalm 10
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1Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide in times of trouble?1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers 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 has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never 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 trouble and iniquity.7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on 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 lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into 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.
10So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength.10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides 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 Your hand! Do not forget the humble.12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are 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 the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16The LORD is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land.16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.
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