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10:1  Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
10:2  The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor; let them be caught in the devices that they have contrived.
10:3  For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth.
10:4  The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts.
10:5  His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
10:6  He hath said in his heart, “I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity.”
10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
10:8  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in secret places doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are privily set against the poor.
10:9  He 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.
10:10  He croucheth and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
10:11  He hath said in his heart, “God hath forgotten; He hideth His face, He will never see it.”
10:12  Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Thine hand! Forget not the humble.
10:13  Why doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, “Thou wilt not keep account.”
10:14  But Thou 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.
10:15  Break Thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until Thou find none.
10:16  The Lord is King for ever and ever; the heathen have perished out of His land.
10:17  Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble; Thou wilt prepare their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear,
10:18  to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.