Salmos 10

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.

1 Why do You stand far away, Lord?

Why do You hide *10:1 Or Your eyesYourself in times of trouble?

2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;

* 10:2 Or They will be caught Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

3 For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire,

And *10:3 Or blesses the greedy manthe greedy person curses and shows disrespect to the Lord.

4 The wicked, *10:4 Lit the height of his nosein his haughtiness, does not seek Him.

There is no God in all his schemes.

5 His ways succeed at all times;

Yet Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;

As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.

6 He says to himself, "I will not be moved;

* 10:6 Lit To Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity."

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression;

Under his tongue is harm and injustice.

8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;

He kills the innocent in the secret places;

His eyes *10:8 Lit lie in waitsurreptitiously watch for the *10:8 Or poorunfortunate.

9 He lurks in secret like a lion in his *10:9 Or thicketlair;

He lurks to catch the needy;

He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.

10 Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;

And *10:10 Or unhappyunfortunate people fall by his mighty power.

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;

He has hidden His face; He will never see it."

12 Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand.

Do not forget the humble.

13 Why has the wicked treated God disrespectfully?

He has said to himself, "*10:13 I.e., as though God will ignore itYou will not require an account."

14 You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to *10:14 Lit put, givetake it into Your hand.

The *10:14 Or poorunfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,

* 10:15 Or May You seek Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

16 The Lord is King forever and ever;

Nations have perished from His land.

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

You will strengthen their heart, You will make Your ear attentive

18 To *10:18 Lit judgevindicate the orphan and the oppressed,

So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror.