Psalm 10

1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2^aThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3For the wicked boasteth of his ^bheart's desire, and ^cblesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: ^dGod is not in all his thoughts.

5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall ^enever be in adversity.

7His mouth is full of cursing and ^fdeceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and ^gvanity.

8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes ^hare privily set against the poor.

9He lieth in wait ⁱsecretly 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^jHe croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall ^kby his strong ones.

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 thine hand: forget not the ^lhumble.

13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor ^mcommitteth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt ⁿprepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18To judge the fatherless and the ^ooppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.