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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.‡
* 10:2 The wicked…: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute † 10:3 heart’s: Heb. soul’s ‡ 10:3 blesseth…: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD § 10:4 God is…: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God ** 10:6 never: Heb. unto generation and generation †† 10:7 deceit: Heb. deceits ‡‡ 10:7 vanity: or, iniquity §§ 10:8 are…: Heb. hide themselves *** 10:9 secretly: Heb. in the secret places ††† 10:10 He…: Heb. He breaketh himself ‡‡‡ 10:10 by…: or, into his strong parts §§§ 10:12 humble: or, afflicted * 10:14 committeth: Heb. leaveth † 10:17 prepare: or, establish ‡ 10:18 oppress: or, terrify