Psalms 10 : 1 (ESV)
Why, O LORD, do you stand afar off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalms 10 : 2 (ESV)
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalms 10 : 3 (ESV)
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
Psalms 10 : 4 (ESV)
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
Psalms 10 : 5 (ESV)
His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
Psalms 10 : 6 (ESV)
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."
Psalms 10 : 7 (ESV)
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Psalms 10 : 8 (ESV)
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
Psalms 10 : 9 (ESV)
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
Psalms 10 : 10 (ESV)
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
Psalms 10 : 11 (ESV)
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
Psalms 10 : 12 (ESV)
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
Psalms 10 : 13 (ESV)
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?
Psalms 10 : 14 (ESV)
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10 : 15 (ESV)
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.
Psalms 10 : 16 (ESV)
The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
Psalms 10 : 17 (ESV)
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
Psalms 10 : 18 (ESV)
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
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