Psalms 10:1-9 ▼

1 Why, O YHWH, do You stand far off? Do You hide in times of distress?

2 In his arrogance, the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; may they be caught in the schemes that they have devised!

3 For the wicked one boasts over the desire of his heart, and he blesses a dishonest gainer; he has despised YHWH.

4 The wicked one, in the height of his face, does not inquire; there is no God in any of his thoughts.

5 His paths are firm at every time; Your judgments are on high before him, and all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

6 He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved—from generation to generation—to whom will be no adversity.”

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

8 He sits in an ambush of the villages; in the hidden places he kills the innocent one; his eyes look stealthily on the helpless.

9 He lies in wait in the hidden place, like a lion in his lair; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted one; he catches the afflicted one by drawing him into his net.