Psalms 10 · Clearspring

The Perils of the Pilgrim

¹Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?+ ²In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.+ ³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.+ ⁴The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.+ ⁵His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.+ ⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.+ ⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and 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 helpless.+ ⁹He 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.+ ¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.+ ¹¹He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.+ ¹²Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.+ ¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say 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 helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.+ ¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.+ ¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.+ ¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;+ ¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.+

The Perils of the Pilgrim

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