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Psalms 10

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.

1

Why  ado You stand afar off, O LORD? Why  bdo You hide  1Yourself in times of trouble?

2

In  apride the wicked  1hotly pursue the afflicted;  2Let them be  bcaught in the plots which they have devised.

3

For the wicked  aboasts of his  bheart's desire, And  1the greedy man curses and  cspurns the LORD.

4

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance,  adoes not seek Him. All his  1thoughts are, " bThere is no God."

5

His ways  1 aprosper at all times; Your judgments are on high,  bout of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

6

He says to himself, " aI will not be moved;  1Throughout all generations  bI will not be in adversity."

7

His  amouth is full of curses and deceit and  boppression;  cUnder his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

8

He sits in the  alurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he  bkills the innocent; His eyes  1stealthily watch for the  2 cunfortunate.

9

He lurks in a hiding place as  aa lion in his  1lair; He  blurks to catch  cthe afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his  dnet.

10

He  1crouches, he  2bows down, And the  3unfortunate fall  4by his mighty ones.

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He  asays to himself, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it."

12

Arise, O LORD; O God,  alift up Your hand.  bDo not forget the afflicted.

13

Why has the wicked  aspurned God? He has said to himself, "You will not require it."

14

You have seen it, for You have beheld  amischief and vexation to  1take it into Your hand. The  2 bunfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the  chelper of the orphan.

15

 aBreak the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,  1 bSeek out his wickedness until You find none.

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The LORD is  aKing forever and ever;  bNations have perished from His land.

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O LORD, You have heard the  adesire of the  1humble; You will  bstrengthen their heart,  cYou will incline Your ear

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To  1vindicate the  aorphan and the  boppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause  cterror.



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