Psalms 10:1-9 ▼

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.

9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.