Psalm 10 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 10:1

Psa 10:1 [fn]Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Psa 10:2

Psa 10:2In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

Psa 10:3

Psa 10:3He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Psa 10:4

Psa 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Psa 10:5

Psa 10:5His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by[fn] him; he sneers at all his enemies.

Psa 10:6

Psa 10:6He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

Psa 10:7

Psa 10:7His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

Psa 10:8

Psa 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

Psa 10:9

Psa 10:9like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

Psa 10:10

Psa 10:10His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

Psa 10:11

Psa 10:11He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”

Psa 10:12

Psa 10:12Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

Psa 10:13

Psa 10:13Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?

Psa 10:14

Psa 10:14But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

Psa 10:15

Psa 10:15Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.

Psa 10:16

Psa 10:16The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.

Psa 10:17

Psa 10:17You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

Psa 10:18

Psa 10:18defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

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NIV Footnotes

(10:1)

Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.

(10:5)

See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from

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