Psalm 10-11

English Standard Version

Why Do You Hide Yourself?

10 Why, O Lord, do you stand ^(A)far away?
Why ^(B)do you hide yourself in ^(C)times of trouble?

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

¹²^(AA)Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(AB)lift up your hand;
    ^(AC)forget not the afflicted.
¹³Why does the wicked ^(AD)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not ^(AE)call to account”?
¹⁴But you do see, for you ^(AF)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^(AG)commits himself;
    you have been ^(AH)the helper of the fatherless.
¹⁵^(AI)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    ^(AJ)call his wickedness to account till you find none.

¹⁶^(AK)The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the ^(AL)nations perish from his land.
¹⁷O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will ^(AM)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
¹⁸to ^(AN)do justice to the fatherless and ^(AO)the oppressed,
    so that ^(AP)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    ^(AQ)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
²for behold, the wicked ^(AR)bend the bow;
    ^(AS)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
³if ^(AT)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”^[d]

⁴^(AU)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's ^(AV)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids ^(AW)test the children of man.
⁵The Lord ^(AX)tests the righteous,
    but ^(AY)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
⁶Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    ^(AZ)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be ^(BA)the portion of their cup.
⁷For the Lord is righteous;
he ^(BB)loves righteous deeds;
    ^(BC)the upright shall behold his face.

Footnotes

Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?