Psalms 10:1-18

[1]O  Lord, why do you stand so far away? 

    Why do you hide when I am in trouble?

[2]The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. 

    Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

[3]For they brag about their evil desires; 

    they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.

[4]The wicked are too proud to seek God. 

    They seem to think that God is dead.

[5]Yet they succeed in everything they do. 

    They do not see your punishment awaiting them. 

    They sneer at all their enemies.

[6]They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! 

    We will be free of trouble forever!”

[7]Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. 

    Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.

[8]They lurk in ambush in the villages, 

    waiting to murder innocent people. 

    They are always searching for helpless victims.

[9]Like lions crouched in hiding, 

    they wait to pounce on the helpless. 

Like hunters they capture the helpless 

    and drag them away in nets.

[10]Their helpless victims are crushed; 

    they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

[11]The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! 

    He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

[12]Arise, O  Lord! 

    Punish the wicked, O God! 

    Do not ignore the helpless!

[13]Why do the wicked get away with despising God? 

    They think, “God will never call us to account.”

[14]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.

[15]Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! 

    Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

[16]The Lord is king forever and ever! 

    The godless nations will vanish from the land.

[17]Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. 

    Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.

[18]You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, 

    so mere people can no longer terrify them.

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