en_cjb - Psa 10 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Why, ADONAI, do you stand at a distance? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

² The wicked in their arrogance hunt down the poor, who get caught in the schemes they think up.

³ For the wicked boasts about his lusts; he blesses greed and despises ADONAI.

⁴ Every scheme of the wicked in his arrogance [says], “There is no God, [so] it won’t be held against me.”

⁵ His ways prosper at all times. Your judgments are way up there, so he takes no notice. His adversaries? He scoffs at them all.

⁶ In his heart he thinks, “I will never be shaken; I won’t meet trouble, not now or ever.”

⁷ His mouth is full of curses, deceit, oppression; under his tongue, mischief and injustice.

⁸ He waits near settlements in ambush and kills an innocent man in secret; his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.

⁹ Lurking unseen like a lion in his lair, he lies in wait to pounce on the poor, then seizes the poor and drags him off in his net.

¹⁰ Yes, he stoops, crouches down low; and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.

¹¹ He says in his heart, “God forgets, he hides his face, he will never see.”

¹² Arise, ADONAI! God, raise your hand! Don’t forget the humble!

¹³ Why does the wicked despise God and say in his heart, “It won’t be held against me”?

¹⁴ You have seen; for you look at mischief and grief, so that you can take the matter in hand. The helpless commits himself to you; you help the fatherless.

¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked! As for the evil man, search out his wickedness until there is none left.

¹⁶ ADONAI is king forever and ever! The nations have vanished from his land.

¹⁷ ADONAI, you have heard what the humble want; you encourage them and listen to them,

¹⁸ to give justice to the fatherless and oppressed, so that no one on earth will strike terror again.