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.