Psa 10:1
Lamedh
[fn]Why do You stand H5975 afar H7350 off H7350, O Yahweh H3068?
Why do You hide H5956 [fn]Yourself in times H6256 of distress H6869?
Psa 10:2
In his lofty H1346 pride H1346 the wicked H7563 [fn]hotly H1814 pursues H310 H1814 the afflicted H6041;
[fn]Let them be caught H8610 in the thoughts H4209 which H2098 they have devised H2803.
Psa 10:3
For the wicked H7563 boasts H1984 of his soul’s H5315 desire H8378,
And [fn]the greedy H1214 man H1214 curses H1288 and spurns H5006 Yahweh H3068.
Psa 10:4
The wicked H7563, in the haughtiness H1363 of his countenance H639, does not seek H1875 Him.
All H3605 his [fn]thoughts H4209 are, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430.”
Psa 10:5
His ways H1870 [fn]prosper H2342 at all H3605 times H6256;
Your judgments H4941 are on high H4791, out of his sight H5048;
As for all H3605 his adversaries H6887, he snorts H6315 at them.
Psa 10:6
He says H559 in his heart H3820, “I will not be shaken H4131;
[fn]From generation H1755 to H1755 generation H1755 I will not be in adversity H7451.”
Psa 10:7
Pe
His mouth H6310 is full H4390 of curses H423 and deceit H4820 and oppression H8496;
Under H8478 his tongue H3956 is mischief H5999 and wickedness H205.
Psa 10:8
Ayin
He sits H3427 in the [fn]places H3993 of the villages H2691 where one lies in wait H3993;
In the hiding H4565 places H4565 he kills H2026 the innocent H5355;
His eyes H5869 [fn]stealthily H6845 watch H6845 for the [fn]unfortunate H2489.
Psa 10:9
He lies H693 in H693 wait H693 in a hiding H4565 place H4565 as a lion H738 in his [fn]lair H5520;
He lies H693 in H693 wait H693 to catch H2414 the afflicted H6041;
He catches H2414 the afflicted H6041 when he draws H4900 him into his net H7568.
Psa 10:10
He [fn]crouches H1794, he [fn]bows H7817 down H7817,
And the [fn]unfortunate H2489 fall H5307 [fn]by his mighty H6099 ones H6099.
Psa 10:11
He says H559 in his heart H3820, “God H410 has forgotten H7911;
He has hidden H5641 His face H6440; He will never H1077 H5331 see H7200 it.”
Psa 10:12
Qoph
Arise H6965, O Yahweh H3068; O God H410, lift H5375 up H5375 Your hand H3027.
Do not forget H7911 the afflicted H6035.
Psa 10:13
Why H5921 H4100 has the wicked H7563 spurned H5006 God H430?
He has said H559 in his heart H3820, “You will not require H1875 it.”
Psa 10:14
Resh
You have seen H7200 it, for You have beheld H5027 mischief H5999 and vexation H3708 to [fn]take H5414 it into Your hand H3027.
The [fn]unfortunate H2489 commits H5800 himself to You;
You have been H1961 the helper H5826 of the orphan H3490.
Psa 10:15
Shin
Break H7665 the arm H2220 of the wicked H7563 and the evildoer H7451,
[fn]Seek H1875 out H1875 his wickedness H7562 until You find H4672 none H1077.
Psa 10:16
Yahweh H3068 is King H4428 forever H5769 and ever H5703;
Nations H1471 have perished H6 from His land H776.
Psa 10:17
Tav
O Yahweh H3068, You have heard H8085 the desire H8378 of the [fn]humble H6035;
You will strengthen H3559 their heart H3820, You will cause H7181 Your ear H241 to give heed H7181
Psa 10:18
To give H8199 justice H8199 to the orphan H3490 and the oppressed H1790,
So that man H582 who is of the earth H776 will no H1077 longer H3254 H5750 cause H6206 terror H6206.
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