# Psalm 10 
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1. Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 
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2. In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. 
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3. For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD. 
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4. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” 
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5. His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. 
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6. He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.” 
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7. His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. 
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8. He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; 
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9. he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. 
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10. The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might. 
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11. He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” 
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12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. 
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13. Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? 
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14. But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. 
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15. Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. 
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16. The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. 
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17. O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear 
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18. to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. 

(ESV)