Psalm 9:17-10:14

English Standard Version

¹⁷ The wicked shall ^(A)return to Sheol,
    all the nations that ^(B)forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and ^(C)the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

^19 (D)Arise, O Lord! Let not ^(E)man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you!
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but ^(F)men! Selah

² In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them ^(J)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
³ For the wicked ^(K)boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain ^(L)curses^[a] and ^(M)renounces the Lord.
⁴ In the pride of his face^[b] the wicked does not ^(N)seek him;^[c]
    all his thoughts are, ^(O)“There is no God.”
⁵ His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, ^(P)out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he ^(Q)puffs at them.
⁶ He ^(R)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I ^(S)shall not meet adversity.”
^7 (T)His mouth is filled with cursing and ^(U)deceit and ^(V)oppression;
    ^(W)under his tongue are ^(X)mischief and ^(Y)iniquity.
⁸ He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in ^(Z)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
⁹     he lurks in ambush like ^(AA)a lion in his ^(AB)thicket;
he ^(AC)lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^(AD)net.
¹⁰ The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.
¹¹ He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has ^(AE)hidden his face, he ^(AF)will never see it.”

^12 (AG)Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(AH)lift up your hand;
    ^(AI)forget not the afflicted.
¹³ Why does the wicked ^(AJ)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not ^(AK)call to account”?
¹⁴ But you do see, for you ^(AL)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^(AM)commits himself;
    you have been ^(AN)the helper of the fatherless.