10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?
[why] dost thou overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
10:2 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the
wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
10:3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and
the unjust one blesses himself.
10:4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his
pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
10:5 His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from
before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
10:6 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing]
without evil from generation to generation.
10:7 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his
tongue are trouble and pain.
10:8 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to slay the
innocent: his eyes are set against te poor.
10:9 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to
ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will
bring him down in his snare.
10:10 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
10:11 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away
his face so as never to look.
10:12 Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
10:13 Wherefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart,
He will not require [it].
10:14 Thou seest [it]; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver
them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to
the orphan.
10:15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be
sought for, and shall not be found.
10:16 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles
shall perish out his land.
10:17 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to
the preparation of their heart;
10:18 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon
the earth. |
10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why
hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in
the devices that they have imagined.
10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after
God: God is not in all his thoughts.
10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his
sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be
in adversity.
10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is
mischief and vanity.
10:8 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 poor.
10:9 He 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.
10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
strong ones.
10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he
will never see it.
10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou
wilt not require it.
10:14 Thou 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.
10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land.
10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth
may no more oppress. |