Psalm 10 (English Standard Version)  View In My Bible  Why Do
You Hide Yourself?  1 Why, O LORD, do you stand 1far away? Why
2do you hide yourself in 3times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the
wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them 4be caught in the schemes
that they have devised. 3 For the wicked 5boasts of the desires
of his soul, and the one greedy for gain 6cursesa and 7renounces
the LORD. 4 In the pride of his faceb the wicked does not 8seek
him;c all his thoughts are, 9"There is no God." 5 His ways
prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, 10out of his
sight; as for all his foes, he 11puffs at them. 6 He 12says in
his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I
13shall not meet adversity." 7 14His mouth is filled with
cursing and 15deceit and 16oppression; 17under his tongue are
18mischief and 19iniquity. 8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in 20hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily
watch for the helpless; 9 he lurks in ambush like 21a lion in
his 22thicket; he 23