# Psalm 10 (New King James Version)
A Song of Confidence in God's Triumph over Evil

##### Chapter 10
###### 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.