Psalm 10

Psalm 10 (New King James Version)

Psalm 10

A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil

 ¹ Why do You stand afar off, O LORD?
         Why do You hide in times of trouble?
 ² The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor;
         Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
        
 ³ For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire;
         He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.
 ⁴ The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
         God is in none of his thoughts.
        
 ⁵ His ways are always prospering;
         Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
         As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
 ⁶ He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
         I shall never be in adversity.”
 ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression;
         Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
        
 ⁸ He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
         In the secret places he murders the innocent;
         His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
 ⁹ He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
         He lies in wait to catch the poor;
         He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
 ¹⁰ So he crouches, he lies low,
         That the helpless may fall by his strength.
 ¹¹ He has said in his heart,
         “God has forgotten;
         He hides His face;
         He will never see.”
        
 ¹² Arise, O LORD!
         O God, lift up Your hand!
         Do not forget the humble.
 ¹³ Why do the wicked renounce God?
         He has said in his heart,
         “You will not require an account.”
        
 ¹⁴ But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
         To repay it by Your hand.
         The helpless commits himself to You;
         You are the helper of the fatherless.
 ¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
         Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
        
 ¹⁶ The LORD is King forever and ever;
         The nations have perished out of His land.
 ¹⁷ LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
         You will prepare their heart;
         You will cause Your ear to hear,
 ¹⁸ To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
         That the man of the earth may oppress no more.