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10:1  Why standest Thou afar off, Hashem? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of tzoros?
10:2  The reshah in his ga’avah (haughtiness) doth persecute the ani (poor, see Zech 9:9 where ani is Moshiach); let them be caught in the devices that they have schemed.
10:3  For the reshah boasteth of his ta’avat nefesh (soul’s lust), and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth.
10:4  The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; Elohim is not in all his thoughts.
10:5  His ways are always prosperous; Thy mishpatim are on high, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
10:6  He hath said in his lev, I shall not be shaken; throughout all generations I shall never be in trouble.
10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his leshon (tongue) is trouble and iniquity.
10:8  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); his eyes are secretly 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 reshet.
10:10  He crouches, and stoops, that the poor may fall by his atzum (might).
10:11  He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten; He hideth his face; He will never see it.
10:12  Arise, Hashem; O El, lift up Thine yad; forget not the aniyim.
10:13  For why doth the reshah renounce Elohim? He hath said in his lev, Thou wilt not call me to account.
10:14  Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka’as (grief), to requite it with Thy yad; the helpless committeth himself unto Thee; Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan).
10:15  Break Thou the zero’a of the reshah and the evil man; call to account his wickedness that would not be found out.
10:16  Hashem is Melech olam va’ed; the Goyim are perished out of His land.
10:17  Hashem, Thou hast heard the desire of the aniyim; Thou wilt strengthen their lev, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear;
10:18  To judge the yatom (orphan) and the oppressed, that enosh of the earth may no more strike terror.