Psalms Chapter[BR] 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself 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 imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart�s desire, and the covetous renounceth, cf15i yea , contemneth the LORD.

Psalms Chapter[BR] 10

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, cf15i saith , He will not require cf15i it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.

Psalms Chapter[BR] 10

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.

9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Psalms Chapter[BR] 10

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.

11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require cf15i it ?

Psalms Chapter[BR] 10

14 Thon hast seen cf15i it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth cf15i himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

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16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.

17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.