Psalms 10
Psalm 10
Do Not Forget the Afflicted
Lamedh1 ▼
▼ This poem continues the acrostic pattern started in Ps 9
Why do You stand afar off, O Yahweh?Why do You hide ▼
▼Or Your eyes
Yourself in times of distress?2In his lofty pride the wicked ▼
▼Lit burn
hotly pursues the afflicted;▼
▼ Or They will be caught
Let them be caught in the thoughts which they have devised.3For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire,
And ▼
▼Or blesses the greedy man
the greedy man curses and spurns Yahweh.4The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his ▼
▼Or plots
thoughts are, “There is no God.”5His ways ▼
▼Lit are strong
prosper at all times;Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
6He says in his heart, “I will not be shaken;
▼
▼ Lit To
From generation to generation I will not be in adversity.”Pe
7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
Ayin
8He sits in the ▼
▼Lit place of lying in wait
places of the villages where one lies in wait;In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes ▼
▼Lit lie hidden
stealthily watch for the ▼▼Or poor
unfortunate.9He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion in his ▼
▼Or thicket
lair;He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
10He ▼
▼Or is crushed
crouches, he ▼▼Or is bowed down
bows down,And the ▼
▼Or poor
unfortunate fall ▼▼Or into his claws
by his mighty ones.11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
Qoph
12Arise, O Yahweh; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.
13Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said in his heart, “You will not require it.”
Resh
14You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to ▼
▼Lit give
take it into Your hand.The ▼
▼Or poor
unfortunate commits himself to You;You have been the helper of the orphan.
Shin
15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
▼
▼ Or May You seek
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.16Yahweh is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.
Tav
17O Yahweh, You have heard the desire of the ▼
▼Or afflicted, cf. Ps 10:12
humble;You will strengthen their heart, You will cause Your ear to give heed
18To give justice to the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
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