Psalms 10

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¹Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?

²The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

³For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

⁴The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

⁵His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

⁸He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

⁹He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

¹⁰He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

¹¹He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

¹²Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

¹³Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

¹⁴Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.

¹⁵Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.

¹⁶The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.

¹⁷Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,

¹⁸To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.

Psalms 10

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

²The 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 heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God 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 never be in adversity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

⁸He 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.

⁹He 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.

¹⁰He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by 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 humble.

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 committeth 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 prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

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