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CHAPTER 10

1
Why,
O LORD,
do You stand
far off?
Why do You hide
in times
of trouble?
2
In pride
the wicked
pursue
the needy;
let them be caught
in the schemes
they devise.
3
For
the wicked man
boasts
in
the cravings
of his heart;
he blesses
the greedy
and reviles
the LORD.
4
In his pride
the wicked man
does not
seek Him;
in all
his schemes
there is no
God.
5
He is secure
in his ways
at all times;
Your lofty
judgments
are far from him;
he sneers
at all
his foes.
6
He says
to himself,
“I shall not
be moved;
from age
to age
I am free
of distress.”
7
His mouth
is full of
cursing,
deceit,
and violence;
trouble
and malice
are under
his tongue.
8
He lies
in wait
near the villages;
in ambush
he slays
the innocent;
his eyes
watch in stealth
for the helpless.
9
He lies in wait
like a lion
in a thicket;
he lurks
to seize
the oppressed;
he catches
the lowly
in his dragnet.
10
They are crushed
and beaten down;
the hapless
fall prey
to his strength.
11
He says
to himself,
“God
has forgotten;
He hides
His face
and never
sees.”
12
Arise,
O LORD!
Lift up
Your hand,
O God.
Do not
forget
the helpless.
13
Why
has the wicked man
renounced
God?
He says
to himself,
“You will never
call me to account.”
14
But
You
have regarded
trouble
and grief;
You consider it
to take
in hand.
The victim
entrusts himself
to You;
You
are
the helper
of the fatherless.
15
Break
the arm
of the wicked
and evildoer;
call his wickedness
into account
until none is left
to find.
16
The LORD
is King
forever
and ever;
the nations
will vanish
from His land.
17
You have heard,
O LORD,
the desire
of the humble;
You will strengthen
their hearts.
You will incline
Your ear,
18
to vindicate
the fatherless
and oppressed,
that the men
of
the earth
may strike terror
no more.
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