Book of Psalms, No. 10
Psalms 10 ASV - American Standard VersionNo. 10 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?
¶ Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? - ¶ In the pride of the wicked [a]the poor [b]is hotly pursued;
¶ [c]Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. - ¶ For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,
¶ And [d]the covetous renounceth, yea, [e]contemneth Jehovah. - ¶ The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it.
¶ All his thoughts are, There is no God. - ¶ His ways are [f]firm at all times;
¶ Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
¶ As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. - ¶ He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;
¶ To all generations I shall not be in adversity. - ¶ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and [g]oppression:
¶ Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. - ¶ 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 [h]helpless. - ¶ He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;
¶ He lieth in wait to catch the poor:
¶ He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. - ¶ [i]He croucheth, he boweth down,
¶ And the [j]helpless fall by his strong ones. - ¶ He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;
¶ He hideth his face, he will never see it. - ¶ Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:
¶ Forget not the [k]poor. - ¶ Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,
¶ And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it? - ¶ Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest [l]mischief and spite, [m]to requite it with thy hand:
¶ The [n]helpless committeth himself unto thee;
¶ Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. - ¶ Break thou the arm of the wicked;
¶ And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. - ¶ Jehovah is King for ever and ever:
¶ The [o]nations are perished out of his land. - ¶ Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:
¶ Thou wilt [p]prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; - ¶ To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
¶ That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, he doth hotly pursue the poor
- ^ Hebrew is set on fire.
- ^ Or, They are taken
- ^ Or, blesseth the covetous, but contemneth etc.
- ^ Or, revileth
- ^ Or, grievous
- ^ Or, fraud
- ^ Or, hapless
- ^ Another reading is, And being crushed.
- ^ Or, hapless
- ^ Or, meek
- ^ Or, travail and grief
- ^ Or, to take it into thy hand
- ^ Or, hapless
- ^ Or, heathen
- ^ Or, establish
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