Psalm 10

1Why do you stand at a distance, Yahweh? Why do you conceal yourself in times of distress?

2In haughtiness the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

3For the wicked boasts of his soul's craving, blesses the greedy, and scorns Yahweh.

4The wicked does not seek God in the haughtiness of his face; there is no God in all his schemes.

5His ways prevail at all times; your judgments stand high, remote from him; he sneers at all his adversaries.

6He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken generation after generation; I shall suffer no evil."

7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

8He sits in the ambushes of the villages; from secret places he slays the innocent; his eyes lie in wait for the poor.

9He ambushes from a hiding place like a lion in his lair, waiting to seize the lowly, seizing the lowly as he draws him into his net.

10He crushes and crouches, bows down, and the poor fall under his mighty strength like the broken.

11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see."

12Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the afflicted and the meek.

13Why does the wicked scorn God? He says in his heart, "You will not require it."

14You have seen trouble and sorrow, for you consider it to take into your hand; the poor commits herself to you, you have been the orphan's helper.

15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil. Seek his wickedness until you find none.

16Yahweh is king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land.

17Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble; you will prepare their heart; you will incline your ear.

18to judge the orphan and the crushed, that man of earth may terrify no more.