10:1  Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

10:2  The wicked in his pride pursues the poor; let them be taken in the schemes that they have imagined,

10:3  For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous but despises the LORD.

10:4  Through the pride of his countenance the wicked will not seek God; in all his thoughts there is no place for God.

10:5  His ways prosper at all times. He is haughty, and Your judgments are far from him. As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

10:6  He has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, I shall never be in adversity."

10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

10:8  He sits in the hiding places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

10:9  He lies in wait secretly like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags him off in his net.

10:10  He crouches and bows down, and the hapless fall into his mighty grasp.

10:11  He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see!"

10:12  Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble.

10:13  Why do the wicked spurn God? He has said in his heart, "You will not call into account."

10:14  You have seen it, for You behold mischief and vexation to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

10:15  Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness until You find none.

10:16  The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.

10:17  LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,

10:18  To defend the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more oppress.