10:1 Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these troubled times?
10:2 Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.II
10:3 The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD.
10:4 In their insolence the wicked boast: "God doesn’t care, doesn’t even exist."
10:5 Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; theysneer at all who oppose them.
10:6 They say in their hearts, "We will never fall; never will we see misfortune."
10:7 Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil areunder their tongues.
10:8 They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless. to murderthe innocent in secret.
10:9 They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket, hide there to trap the poor,snare them and close the net.
10:10 The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,
10:1 1Who say in their hearts, "God pays no attention, shows no concern, neverbothers to look."III
10:12 Rise up, LORD God! Raise your arm! Do not forget the poor!
10:13 Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn’t care"?
10:14 But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matterin hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender oforphans.
10:15 Break the arms of the wicked and depraved; make them account for theircrimes; let none of them survive.IV
10:16 The LORD is king forever; the nations have vanished from God’s land.
10:17 You listen, LORD, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and heartheir prayers.
10:18 You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will causeterror again.