Ps 10
0 Psalm 10
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Why stand you afar off, O YHWH? Why hide you yourself in times of trouble?
2
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices
that they have conceived.
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For the wicked boasts of his heart`s desire, And the covetous renounces, [yea], disdains
YHWH.
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The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it].
All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5
His ways are firm at all times; Your judgments are far above out of his sight: As
for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.
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He says in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief
and iniquity.
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He sits in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places does he murder
the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
9
He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert; He lies in wait to catch the poor: He
does catch the poor, when he draws him in his net.
10
He crouches, he bows down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
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He says in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides his face; he will never see it.
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Arise, O YHWH; O God, lift up your hand: Forget not the poor.
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Wherefore does the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, You will not require
[it]?
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You have seen [it]; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your
hand: The helpless commits [himself] to you; You have been the helper of the fatherless.
15
Break you the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness
till you find none.
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YHWH is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
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YHWH, you have heard the desire of the meek: You will prepare their heart, you will
cause your ear to hear;
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible
no more.