Psalm 10:1-18 Book# 1 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
Why [do] You stand [far away,] O Lord? Why [do] You hide Yourself in times of trouble? In his pride, the wicked persecute the poor. Let them be [caught in their plots] they have imagined. [Psalm 9:15 The heathen are [sunken] down in the pit that they made. Their own foot is [caught] in the net [that] they hid.] |
For the wicked boast of his heart's desire & blesses the [envious,] whom the Lord [loathes.] Through the pride of his [appearance,] the wicked won't seek after God. God isn't in all his thoughts. |
Your judgments are far [beyond] his sight. His ways are always grievous & as for all his enemies, he puffs at them [in disgust.] He said [within] his heart, I shall not be [removed:] for I shall never [have] adversity. |
[Psalm 49:11 Their thought [within] is that their house shall continue forever & their dwelling places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names.] |
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit & fraud. Under his tongue is [what is] mischief & vanity. He sits in the secret places of villages lurking, he [murders] the innocent. |
His eyes are [secretly] set against the poor. He lies in wait, secretly [to ambush like] a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor. He [catches] the poor, when he [entices] him into his net. |
He [deceptively] crouches & humbles himself, [so] the poor may fall by his strong ones. He has said in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides His face & He will never see it. |
Arise, O Lord. O God, lift up Your hand & [don't] forget the humble. [Psalm 17:7 Show Your marvelous loving kindness, by Your right hand, O You, [Who] saves [those who] put their trust in You, from those [who] rise up against them.] |
[For what reason do] the wicked [despise] God? He has said in his heart, You won't require [me to be accountable for] it. You have seen it, for You [see] mischief & spite, to [repay] it with Your hand. |
The poor [devotes] himself to You. You are the helper of the fatherless. [Psalm 68:5 In His holy habitation, God is a Father to the fatherless & a judge [on behalf] of the widows.] |
[Lord God,] break the arm of the wicked & the evil man. Seek out his wickedness [until] You find none. The Lord is King forever & ever. The heathen [have] perished out of His land. |
Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart & will cause Your ear to hear & to judge the fatherless & oppressed, [so] that the [wicked] man of the earth, may no [longer] oppress. |
[Matthew 5:10 Blessed are [those who] are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.] |