Salmos 10

Need for God’s Justice

1 Lord,  * 10:1 Some Hb mss, LXX connect Pss 9–10.,* 10:1 Together Pss 9–10 form a partial acrostic. why do you stand so far away?  * 10:1 Ps 22:1; 35:22; 38:21; 71:12

Why do you hide in times of trouble?  * 10:1 Jb 13:24; Ps 44:24; 88:14

2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.  * 10:2 Ps 7:15–16

3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;  * 10:3 Ps 49:6

the one who is greedy curses  * 10:3 Or he blesses the greedy and despises the  Lord.  * 10:3 2Pt 2:3

4 In all his scheming,

the wicked person arrogantly thinks,  * 10:4 Lit wicked according to the height of his nose

"There’s no accountability,

since there’s no God."  * 10:4 Ps 14:1; 53:1

5 His ways are always secure;  * 10:5 Or prosperous

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;  * 10:5 Lit judgments are away from in front of him

he scoffs at all his adversaries.  * 10:5 Ps 52:7

6 He says to himself, "I will never be moved —

from generation to generation I will be without calamity."  * 10:6 Ps 49:11; 2Pt 3:4; Rv 18:7

7 Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;

trouble and malice are under his tongue.  * 10:7 Ps 73:8; 140:3; Rm 3:13–14

8 He waits in ambush near settlements;  * 10:8 Ps 59:3

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;  * 10:8 Ps 64:4; 94:6

9 he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

10 So he is oppressed and beaten down;

helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.  * 10:8–10 Ps 17:11–12; Pr 28:15

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see."  * 10:11 Jb 22:13; Ps 59:3

12 Rise up, Lord  God! Lift up your hand.  * 10:12 Mc 5:9

Do not forget the oppressed.  * 10:12 Ps 9:12

13 Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, "You will not demand an account."  * 10:13 Ps 73:11

14 But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.  * 10:14 Ps 33:13–15

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.  * 10:14 Ps 68:5; 146:9

15 Break the arm of the wicked, evil person,  * 10:15 Ps 37:17

until you look for his wickedness,

but it can’t be found.  * 10:15 Ps 89:32

16 The Lord is King forever and ever;  * 10:16 Ex 15:18; Ps 29:10; Rv 11:15

the nations will perish from his land.  * 10:16 Dt 8:20

17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble;

you will strengthen their hearts.

You will listen carefully,  * 10:17 2Ch 7:14; Ps 34:15

18 doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.  * 10:18 Ex 22:22–24; Dt 10:18