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 judgments 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 forever 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.