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10:1  Why are you so distant, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
10:2  The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.
10:3  The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses robbers, but he curses Yahweh.
10:4  He turns up his nose and says, “Yahweh doesn’t care.” His every thought concludes, “There is no Elohim.”
10:5  He always seems to succeed. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He spits at all his opponents.
10:6  He says to himself, “Nothing can shake me. I’ll never face any trouble.”
10:7  His mouth is full of cursing, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
10:8  He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
10:9  He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.
10:10  His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under the weight of his power.
10:11  He says to himself, “El has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
10:12  Arise, O Yahweh! Lift your hand, O El. Do not forget oppressed people!
10:13  Why does the wicked person despise Elohim? Why does he say to himself, “Elohim doesn’t care”?
10:14  You have seen it; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.
10:15  Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Punish his wickedness until you find no more.
10:16  Yahweh is Melek forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.
10:17  You have heard the desire of oppressed people, O Yahweh. You encourage them. You pay close attention to them
10:18  in order to provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no mere mortal will terrify them again.