Psalms 10 (KJV)

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. ^{The wicked: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. ^{heart's: Heb. soul's} ^{blesseth: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD}

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. ^{God is: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}

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. ^{never: Heb. unto generation and generation}

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. ^{deceit: Heb. deceits} ^{vanity: or, iniquity}

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. ^{are: Heb. hide themselves}

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. ^{secretly: Heb. in the secret places}

¹⁰He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. ^{He: Heb. He breaketh himself} ^{by: or, into his strong parts}

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 . ^{humble: or, afflicted}

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. ^{committeth: Heb. leaveth}

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: ^{prepare: or, establish}

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. ^{oppress: or, terrify}