Psalm 10
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalm 10:2 Psalm 10.2 The wicked…: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalm 10:3 Psalm 10.3 heart’s: Heb. soul’s
Psalm 10:3 Psalm 10.3 blesseth…: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD
4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalm 10:4 Psalm 10.4 God is…: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God
5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Psalm 10:6 Psalm 10.6 never: Heb. unto generation and generation
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalm 10:7 Psalm 10.7 deceit: Heb. deceits
Psalm 10:7 Psalm 10.7 vanity: or, iniquity
8He 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.
Psalm 10:8 Psalm 10.8 are…: Heb. hide themselves
9He 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.
Psalm 10:9 Psalm 10.9 secretly: Heb. in the secret places
10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Psalm 10:10 Psalm 10.10 He…: Heb. He breaketh himself
Psalm 10:10 Psalm 10.10 by…: or, into his strong parts
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalm 10:12 Psalm 10.12 humble: or, afflicted
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14Thou 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.
Psalm 10:14 Psalm 10.14 committeth: Heb. leaveth
15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalm 10:17 Psalm 10.17 prepare: or, establish
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalm 10:18 Psalm 10.18 oppress: or, terrify
King James Version
The King James Version or Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769, with Apocrypha/Deuterocanon
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