PSALM 10

			1  Why do You stand afar off,
			   O LORD?
			   Why do You hide in times of 
			   Trouble?
			2  The wicked in his pride
			   persecutes the poor;
			   Let them be caught in the plots
			   Which they have devised.
			
			3  For the wicked boast of his 
			   heart's desire;
			   He blesses the greedy and 
			   Renounces the LORD.
			4  The wicked in his proud
			   countenance does not seek
			   God;
			   God is in none of his thoughts.
			
			5  His ways are always
			   prospering;
			   Your judgments are far above,
			   Out of his sight;
			   As for all his enemies, he sneers
			   At them.
			6  He has said in his heart,
			   I shall not be moved;
			   I shall never be in adversity."
			7  His mouth is full of cursing and
			   deceit and oppression;
			   Under his tongue is trouble and
			   Iniquity.
			
			8  He sits in the lurking places of
			   the villages;
			   In the secret places he murders
			   The innocent;
			   His eyes are secretly fixed on 
			   The helpless.
			9  He lies in wait secretly, as a lion
			   In his den;
			   He lies in wait to catch the poor;
			   He catches the poor when he
			   Draws him into his net. 
			10 So he crouches, he lies low,
			   That the helpless may fall by his 
			   Strength.
			11 He has said in his heart,
			   God has forgotten;
			   He hides His face;
			   He will never see."
			12 Arise, O LORD!
			   O God, lift up Your hands!
			   Do not forget the humble.
			13 Why do the wicked renounce
			   God?
			   He has said in his heart,
			   "You will not require an account."
			
			14 But You have seen, for You
			   observe trouble and grief,
			   To repay it by Your hand.
			   The helpless commits himself
			   To You;
			   You are the helper of the 
			   Fatherless.
			15 Break the arm of the wicked and
			   the evil man;
			   Seek out his wickedness until
			   You find none.
			
			16 The LORD is King forever and
			   ever;
			   The nations have perished out
			   Of his land.
			17 LORD, You have heard the desire
			   of the humble;
			   You will prepare their heart;
			   You will cause Your ear to hear,
			18 To do justice to the fatherless
			   and the oppressed,
			   That the man of the earth may
			   Oppress no more.