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Psalms 10
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1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?
- Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.
- They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
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3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.
- He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
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4The wicked, in the pride of his face,
- has no room in his thoughts for God.
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5His ways are prosperous at all times.
- He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight.
- As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
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6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken.
- For generations I shall have no trouble.”
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7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
- Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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8He lies in wait near the villages.
- From ambushes, he murders the innocent.
- His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
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9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.
- He lies in wait to catch the helpless.
- He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
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10The helpless are crushed.
- They collapse.
- They fall under his strength.
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11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
- He hides his face.
- He will never see it.”
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12Arise, Yahweh!
- God, lift up your hand!
- Don’t forget the helpless.
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13Why does the wicked person condemn God,
- and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”
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14But you do see trouble and grief.
- You consider it to take it into your hand.
- You help the victim and the fatherless.
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15Break the arm of the wicked.
- As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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16Yahweh is King forever and ever!
- The nations will perish out of his land.
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17Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble.
- You will prepare their heart.
- You will cause your ear to hear,
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18to judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
- that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
