Why Do You Hide Yourself?
10 Why, O Lord, do you stand (A)far away?
Why (B)do you hide yourself in (C)times of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them (D)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked (E)boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain (F)curses[a] and (G)renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face[b] the wicked does not (H)seek him;[c]
all his thoughts are, (I)“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, (J)out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he (K)puffs at them.
6 He (L)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I (M)shall not meet adversity.”
7 (N)His mouth is filled with cursing and (O)deceit and (P)oppression;
(Q)under his tongue are (R)mischief and (S)iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in (T)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like (U)a lion in his (V)thicket;
he (W)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (X)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has (Y)hidden his face, he (Z)will never see it.”
12 (AA)Arise, O Lord; O God, (AB)lift up your hand;
(AC)forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked (AD)renounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not (AE)call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you (AF)note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless (AG)commits himself;
you have been (AH)the helper of the fatherless.
15 (AI)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
(AJ)call his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 (AK)The Lord is king forever and ever;
the (AL)nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will (AM)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to (AN)do justice to the fatherless and (AO)the oppressed,
so that (AP)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
- Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
- Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
Cross references
- Psalm 10:1 : Ps. 22:1, 11, 19; 35:22; 38:21
- Psalm 10:1 : Ps. 13:1
- Psalm 10:1 : Ps. 9:9
- Psalm 10:2 : [Ps. 7:15, 16]
- Psalm 10:3 : Ps. 94:4; [Isa. 3:9]
- Psalm 10:3 : ver. 13
- Psalm 10:3 : Job 1:5, 11
- Psalm 10:4 : [See ver. 3 above]; Job 1:5, 11
- Psalm 10:4 : Ps. 14:1; 53:1
- Psalm 10:5 : [Isa. 26:11]
- Psalm 10:5 : Ps. 12:5
- Psalm 10:6 : ver. 11, 13
- Psalm 10:6 : [Rev. 18:7]
- Psalm 10:7 : Cited Rom. 3:14
- Psalm 10:7 : Ps. 36:3
- Psalm 10:7 : Ps. 55:11; 72:14
- Psalm 10:7 : Job 20:12; [Ps. 140:3; Song 4:11]
- Psalm 10:7 : Ps. 7:14
- Psalm 10:7 : Ps. 5:5; 6:8
- Psalm 10:8 : Ps. 17:12; 64:4; [Hab. 3:14]
- Psalm 10:9 : Ps. 17:12
- Psalm 10:9 : Job 38:40
- Psalm 10:9 : Ps. 59:3; Mic. 7:2
- Psalm 10:9 : Ps. 9:15
- Psalm 10:11 : [Ps. 73:11]; Job 22:13
- Psalm 10:11 : Ps. 94:7; Ezek. 8:12; 9:9; [Zeph. 1:12]
- Psalm 10:12 : See Ps. 3:7
- Psalm 10:12 : Mic. 5:9
- Psalm 10:12 : Ps. 9:12, 18
- Psalm 10:13 : ver. 3
- Psalm 10:13 : Ps. 9:12
- Psalm 10:14 : Ps. 33:13
- Psalm 10:14 : 2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Pet. 4:19
- Psalm 10:14 : Ps. 68:5; 146:9; Hos. 14:3
- Psalm 10:15 : See Ps. 37:17
- Psalm 10:15 : [Ps. 37:36; Isa. 41:12]
- Psalm 10:16 : Ps. 29:10; Ex. 15:18; Jer. 10:10; Lam. 5:19; Dan. 4:34; 6:26; 1 Tim. 1:17; Rev. 11:15
- Psalm 10:16 : Deut. 8:20
- Psalm 10:17 : 1 Chr. 29:18
- Psalm 10:18 : Ps. 82:3; [Isa. 1:17; 11:4]
- Psalm 10:18 : Ps. 9:9; 74:21
- Psalm 10:18 : Ps. 9:19, 20; 17:14