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10:1  Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
10:2  In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
10:3  For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
10:4  In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
10:5  His ways prosper at all times; your judgements are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
10:6  He says 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 helpless;
10:9  he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10:10  The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
10:11  He says 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 your hand; forget not the afflicted.
10:13  Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
10:14  But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
10:15  Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.
10:16  The Lord is king for ever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
10:17  O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your 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.