10:1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

10:2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

10:4The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

10:5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

10:6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

10:7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

10:9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

10:10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

10:11He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

10:12Arise, Jehovah; O *God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

10:13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

10:14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

10:15Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

10:16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

10:17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

10:18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

11:0To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

11:1In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

11:2For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

11:3If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?

11:4Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah, -- his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

11:5Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.

12:0To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

12:1Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

12:3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

12:5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.

12:6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

12:7Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

12:8The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.