Psa 10 | ASV | e4.org | Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

‏ Psalms 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 In the pride of the wicked ^▼▼1 the poor ^▼▼2 is hotly pursued; ^▼▼3 Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. ^{▼▼1) Or he doth hotly pursue the poor 2) Heb is set on fire 3) Or They are taken} 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And ^▼▼1 the covetous renounceth, yea , ^▼▼2 contemneth Jehovah. ^{▼▼1) Or blesseth the covetous, but contemneth etc 2) Or revileth} 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God. 5 His ways are ^▼▼1 firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. ^{▼▼1) Or grievous} 6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and ^▼▼1 oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. ^{▼▼1) Or fraud} 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the ^▼▼1 helpless. ^{▼▼1) Or hapless} 9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. 10 ^▼▼1 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the ^▼▼2 helpless fall by his strong ones. ^{▼▼1) Another reading is And being crushed 2) Or hapless} 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the ^▼▼1 poor. ^{▼▼1) Or meek} 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ? 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest ^▼▼1 mischief and spite, ^▼▼2 to requite it with thy hand: The ^▼▼3 helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. ^{▼▼1) Or travail and grief 2) Or to take it into thy hand 3) Or hapless} 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The ^▼▼1 nations are perished out of his land. ^{▼▼1) Or heathen} 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt ^▼▼1 prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; ^{▼▼1) Or establish} 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.