Psalm 10, side by side

¹Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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

²In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes 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 man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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

⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

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

⁵He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

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 to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

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 violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

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

⁸He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for 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 lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly 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.

¹⁰They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.

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

¹¹He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

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

¹²Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

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

¹³Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

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

¹⁴But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of 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 and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

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 perish from His land.

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

¹⁷You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

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

¹⁸to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

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