Psalm 10:1-18
10 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself in times of destitution?
2 In the pride of the lawless one he hotly pursueth the poor, Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
3 For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, And the robber hath blasphemed Yahweh.
4 The lawless one in the loftiness of his countenance will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:
5 His ways are firm at all times, On high are thy righteous regulations out of his sight, As for all his adversaries he puffeth at them:
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken,—From generation to generation shall I be in no misfortune.
7 With cursing his mouth is full and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue are trouble and mischief:
8 He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places he murdereth the innocent,—His eyes for the unfortunate are on the watch:
9 He lieth in wait in a hiding-place like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled by drawing him into his net:
10 He croucheth, he lieth down, Then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,—He hath veiled his face Oh he hath never seen!
12 Arise! Yahweh! O God! raise thy hand,—Do not forget the patient!
13 Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!
14 Thou hast seen! For thou mischief and misery dost discern, To requite with thine own hand, Unto thee doth the unfortunate one give himself up, To the fatherless thou thyself hast become a helper.
15 Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And as for the wrongful wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness—wilt thou not find [it]?
16 Yahweh is king to times age-abiding and beyond, The nations have perished out of his land.
17 The longing of the patient thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:
18 To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth shall no further cause terror!