Psalm 10

1 why standest thou afar off, o lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 the wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined 3 for the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the lord abhorreth 4 the wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after god god is not in all his thoughts 5 his ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them 6 he hath said in his heart, i shall not be moved for i shall never be in adversity 7 his mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud under his tongue is mischief and vanity 8 he sitteth in the lurking places of the villages in the secret places doth he murder the innocent his eyes are privily set against the poor 9 he lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den he lieth in wait to catch the poor he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net 10 he croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones 11 he hath said 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 humble 13 wherefore doth the wicked contemn god? he hath said in his heart, thou wilt not require it 14 thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless 15 break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man seek out his wickedness till thou find none 16 the lord is king for ever and ever the heathen are perished out of his land 17 lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear 18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress