1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, YLT — Psalm 10:1
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised. YLT — Psalm 10:2
3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. YLT — Psalm 10:3
4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. ‘God is not!’ [are] all his devices. YLT — Psalm 10:4
5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them. YLT — Psalm 10:5
6 He hath said in his heart, ‘I am not moved,’ To generation and generation not in evil. YLT — Psalm 10:6
7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity, YLT — Psalm 10:7
8 He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, YLT — Psalm 10:8
9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. YLT — Psalm 10:9
10 He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted. YLT — Psalm 10:10
11 He said in his heart, ‘God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.’ YLT — Psalm 10:11
12 Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble. YLT — Psalm 10:12
13 Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, ‘It is not required.’ YLT — Psalm 10:13
14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper. YLT — Psalm 10:14
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none; YLT — Psalm 10:15
16 Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land! YLT — Psalm 10:16
17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, YLT — Psalm 10:17
18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth! YLT — Psalm 10:18