Psalm 10
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Psalm 10
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
3 For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart,
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.
4 In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5 Their ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
as for their foes, they scoff at them.
6 They think in their heart, “We shall not be moved;
throughout all generations we shall not meet adversity.”
7 Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.
8 They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.
10 They stoop, they crouch,
and the helpless fall by their might.
11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.
13 Why do the wicked renounce God,
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
14 But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations shall perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear
18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Salmos 10
Reina-Valera Antigua
10 ¿POR qué estás lejos, oh Jehová, Y te escondes en el tiempo de la tribulación?
2 Con arrogancia el malo persigue al pobre: Serán cogidos en los artificios que han ideado.
3 Por cuanto se alaba el malo del deseo de su alma, Y bendice al codicioso ó quien Jehová aborrece.
4 El malo, por la altivez de su rostro, no busca á Dios: No hay Dios en todos sus pensamientos.
5 Sus caminos son viciosos en todo tiempo: Tus juicios los tiene muy lejos de su vista: Echa bocanadas en orden á todos sus enemigos.
6 Dice en su corazón: No seré movido en ningún tiempo, Ni jamás me alcanzará el infortunio.
7 Llena está su boca de maldición, y de engaños y fraude: Debajo de su lengua, vejación y maldad.
8 Está en las guaridas de las aldeas: En los escondrijos mata al inocente: Sus ojos están acechando al pobre.
9 Acecha en oculto, como el león desde su cama: Acecha para arrebatar al pobre: Arrebata al pobre trayéndolo á su red.
10 Encógese, agáchase, Y caen en sus fuerzas muchos desdichados.
11 Dice en su corazón: Dios está olvidado, Ha encubierto su rostro; nunca lo verá.
12 Levántate, oh Jehová Dios, alza tu mano, No te olvides de los pobres.
13 ¿Por qué irrita el malo á Dios? En su corazón ha dicho que no lo inquirirás.
14 Tú lo tienes visto: porque tú miras el trabajo, y la vejación, para vengar le por tu mano: A ti se acoge el pobre, Tú eres el amparo del huérfano.
15 Quebranta el brazo del malo: Del maligno buscarás su maldad, hasta que ninguna halles.
16 Jehová, Rey eterno y perpetuo: De su tierra fueron destruídas las gentes.
17 El deseo de los humildes oíste, oh Jehová: Tú dispones su corazón, y haces atento tu oído;
18 Para juzgar al huérfano y al pobre, A fin de que no vuelva más á hacer violencia el hombre de la tierra.
Psalm 10
King James Version
10 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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