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