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10 Èéha ti ṣe, Olúwa, tí ìwọ fi dúró ní òkè réré?
    Èéha ti ṣe, tí ìwọ fi ara rẹ pamọ́ ní ìgbà ìpọ́njú?

Nínú àrékérekè ni ènìyàn búburú tí mu aláìlera,
    ẹni ti ó mú nínú ìdẹ̀kùn àrékérekè rẹ̀.
Nítorí ènìyàn búburú ń ṣògo ìfẹ́ inú ọkàn rẹ̀;
    Ó bùkún olójúkòkòrò, ó sì ń kẹ́gàn Olúwa
Ènìyàn búburú kò lè rí nínú ìgbéraga rẹ̀;
    kò sí ààyè fún Ọlọ́run nínú gbogbo èrò rẹ̀;
Ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ń gún régé nígbà gbogbo;
    òun ń gbéraga, òfin rẹ̀ sì jìnnà sí i;
    òun kẹ́gàn àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀.
O wí fún ara rẹ̀, “Kò sí ohun tí ó lè mì mí;
    Inú mi yóò máa dùn nígbà gbogbo, èmi kò sì ní ní wàhálà.”

(A)Ẹnu rẹ̀ kún fún ègún àti irọ́ àti ìtànjẹ;
    wàhálà àti ohun búburú wà lábẹ́ ahọ́n rẹ̀.
Ó lúgọ ní bùba nítòsí ìletò;
    Ògo níbi ìkọ̀kọ̀ láti pa aláìṣẹ̀.
Ojú rẹ̀ ń ṣọ́ àwọn tálákà ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.
    Ó ba ní ní bùba bí i kìnnìún nínú pàǹtí;
Ó ba ní bùba láti mú àwọn aláìní ìrànwọ́;
    ó mú àwọn aláìlólùrànlọ́wọ́, ó sì wọ́ wọn lọ sínú àwọ̀n rẹ̀.
10 Ó ba, ó rẹ ara rẹ̀ sílẹ̀;
    kí tálákà ba à le bọ́ sí ọwọ́ agbára rẹ̀.
11 Ó wí fún ara rẹ̀, “Ọlọ́run ti gbàgbé;
    Ó pa ojú rẹ̀ mọ́, òun kì yóò rí i láéláé.”

12 Dìde, Olúwa! Gbé ọwọ́ rẹ sókè, Ọlọ́run.
    Má ṣe gbàgbé àwọn olùpọ́njú.
13 Èéṣe tí ènìyàn búburú ṣe ń kẹ́gàn Ọlọ́run?
    Èéṣe tí o fi wí nínú ọkàn ara rẹ̀,
    “Kò ní pè mí láti ṣe ìṣirò”?
14 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ, Ọlọ́run, ni ó rí wàhálà àti ìrora;
    Ìwọ rò láti fi sí ọwọ́ rẹ.
Tálákà fi ara rẹ̀ jì fún ọ;
    Ìwọ ni olùrànlọ́wọ́ àwọn aláìní baba.
15 Ṣẹ́ apá àwọn ènìyàn búburú àti ènìyàn ibi;
    pè é láti wá ṣírò fún ìwà ìkà rẹ̀
    tí a kò le è rí.

16 Olúwa ń jẹ ọba láé àti láéláé;
    àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò ṣègbé lórí ilé rẹ.
17 Ìwọ́ gbọ́, Olúwa, ìfẹ́ àwọn tí a ni lára;
    Ìwọ gbà wọ́n níyànjú, ó sì gbọ́ igbe wọn,
18 Láti ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn aláìní baba àti àwọn ti a ni lára,
    kí ọkùnrin, tí ó wà ní ayé,
    kí ó má ṣe dẹ́rùbà ni mọ́.

Psalm 10[a]

Why, Lord, do you stand far off?(A)
    Why do you hide yourself(B) in times of trouble?

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(C)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
He boasts(D) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(E)
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(F)
His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by[b] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(G)

His mouth is full(H) of lies and threats;(I)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(J)
He lies in wait(K) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(L)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(M)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(N)
10 His victims are crushed,(O) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(P)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(Q)

12 Arise,(R) Lord! Lift up your hand,(S) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(T)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(U)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(V)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(W) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(X)
    you are the helper(Y) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(Z)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(AA)
    the nations(AB) will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;(AC)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,(AD)
18 defending the fatherless(AE) and the oppressed,(AF)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from