The Book of Psalms 10

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¹ Why standest thou afar off O LORD why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ⚑

² The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined ⚑

⁴ The wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God God is not in all his thoughts ⚑

⁵ His ways are always grievous thy judgments are far above out of his sight as for all his enemies he puffeth at them ⚑

⁶ He hath said in his heart I shall not be moved for I shall never be in adversity ⚑

⁸ He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages in the secret places doth he murder the innocent his eyes are privily set against the poor ⚑

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 He croucheth and humbleth himself that the poor may fall by his strong ones ⚑

¹¹ He hath said in his heart God hath forgotten he hideth his face he will never see it ⚑

¹³ Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God he hath said in his heart Thou wilt not require it ⚑

¹⁴ 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 ⚑

¹⁵ Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man seek out his wickedness till thou find none ⚑

¹⁶ The LORD is King for ever and ever the heathen are perished out of his land ⚑

¹⁷ LORD thou hast heard the desire of the humble thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine ear to hear ⚑

¹⁸ To judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no more oppress ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain