Psalm 10, side by side

¹Why do you stand far off, the LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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

²In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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

³For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

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

⁵His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

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

⁶He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

⁶He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

⁸He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

⁸He 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.

⁹He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

⁹He 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.

¹⁰The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

¹⁰He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

¹¹He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

¹²Arise, the LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.

¹²Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

¹³Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”

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

¹⁴But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

¹⁴Thou 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.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

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

¹⁶The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

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

¹⁷The LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

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

¹⁸to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

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