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10:1  Why dost thou stand afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
10:2  In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.
10:3  For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
10:4  In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
10:5  His ways prosper at all times; thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
10:6  He thinks in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
10:7  His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
10:8  He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,
10:9  he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert; he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10:10  The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
10:11  He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
10:12  Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thy hand; forget not the afflicted.
10:13  Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, “Thou wilt not call to account”?
10:14  Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
10:15  Break thou the arm of the wicked and evildoer; seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
10:16  The Lord is king for ever and ever; the nations shall perish from his land.
10:17  O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear
10:18  to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.