תהילים י

Why, O ETERNAL One, do You stand aloof,
heedless in times of trouble?

The wicked in their arrogance hound the lowly—
may they be caught in the schemes they devise!

The wicked crow about their unbridled lusts;
the grasping revile and scorn GOD.

The wicked, arrogant as they are,
in all their scheming [think],
“God does not care
and does not call to account.”

Their ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are far beyond them;
they snort at all their foes.

Such people think, “I shall not be shaken,
through all time never be in trouble.”

Their mouth is full of oaths, deceit, and fraud;
mischief and evil are under their tongue.

They lurk in outlying places;
from a covert they slay the innocent;
their eyes spy out the hapless.

They wait in a covert like a lion in a lair;
wait to seize the lowly;
they seize the lowly as they pull their net shut;

they stoop, they crouch,
and the hapless fall prey to their might.

They think, “God is not mindful,
the divine face is hidden and never looks.”

Rise, O ETERNAL One!
Strike at them, O God!
Do not forget the lowly.

Why should the wicked scorn God,
thinking You do not call to account?

You do look!
You take note of mischief and vexation!
To requite is in Your power.
To You the hapless can entrust themselves;
You have ever been the orphans’ help.

O break the power of the wicked and evildoers,
so that when You look for, which in vv. 4 and 13 means “to call to account.” their wickedness
You will find it no more.

GOD is sovereign for ever and ever;
the nations will perish from this land.

You will listen to the entreaty of the lowly, O ETERNAL One,
You will make their hearts firm;
You will incline Your ear

to champion the orphan and the downtrodden,
that mere earthly mortals tyrannize no more.