1.9 KiB
Psalm 10
- O LORD, why do you stand so far away?
Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
- The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
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For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.
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The wicked are too proud to seek God.
They seem to think that God is dead.
- Yet they succeed in everything they do.
They do not see your punishment awaiting them.
They sneer at all their enemies.
- They think, "Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!"
- Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.
Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
- They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
- Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
- Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
- The wicked think, "God isn't watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!"
- Arise, O LORD!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
- Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
They think, "God will never call us to account."
- But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.
- Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
- The LORD is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.
- LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
- You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.