10:1Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

10:3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

10:4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' are all his devices.

10:5Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

10:6He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

10:7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

10:8He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

10:9He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

10:10He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

10:11He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

10:12Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

10:13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

10:14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

10:16Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

10:17The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

10:18To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

11:0To the Overseer. -- By David.

11:1In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

11:2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

11:3When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?

11:4`Jehovah is in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens is His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men.

11:5Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

11:6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

11:7For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

12:0To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David.

12:1Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

12:2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

12:3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

12:4Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

12:6Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

12:7Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

12:8Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!