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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 10 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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href="../psalms/9.htm" title="Psalm 9">◄</a> Psalm 10 <a href="../psalms/11.htm" title="Psalm 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Why Do You Hide Yourself?</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Why, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, do you stand far away?</span><br /><span class="indent">Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;</span><br /><span class="indent">let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the one greedy for gain curses<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain">a</a></sup></span> and renounces the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In the pride of his face<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or of his anger">b</a></sup></span> the wicked does not seek him;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the wicked says, He will not call to account">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His ways prosper at all times;</span><br /><span class="indent">your judgments are on high, out of his sight;</span><br /><span class="indent">as for all his foes, he puffs at them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;</span><br /><span class="indent">throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;</span><br /><span class="indent">under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He sits in ambush in the villages;</span><br /><span class="indent">in hiding places he murders the innocent.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="indent">he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he lurks that he may seize the poor;</span><br /><span class="indent">he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The helpless are crushed, sink down,</span><br /><span class="indent">and fall by his might.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,</span><br /><span class="indent">he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Arise, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; O God, lift up your hand;</span><br /><span class="indent">forget not the afflicted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Why does the wicked renounce God</span><br /><span class="indent">and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,</span><br /><span class="indent">that you may take it into your hands;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to you the helpless commits himself;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have been the helper of the fatherless.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;</span><br /><span class="indent">call his wickedness to account till you find none.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is king forever and ever;</span><br /><span class="indent">the nations perish from his land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you hear the desire of the afflicted;</span><br /><span class="indent">you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,</span><br /><span class="indent">so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> he blesses the one greedy for gain</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">of his</span> anger</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">the wicked</span> says, "He will not call to account"</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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