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10:1  Why, Adonai, do you stand at a distance? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
10:2  The wicked in their arrogance hunt down the poor, who get caught in the schemes they think up.
10:3  For the wicked boasts about his lusts; he blesses greed and despises Adonai.
10:4  Every scheme of the wicked in his arrogance [says], “There is no God, [so] it won’t be held against me.”
10:5  His ways prosper at all times. Your judgments are way up there, so he takes no notice. His adversaries? He scoffs at them all.
10:6  In his heart he thinks, “I will never be shaken; I won’t meet trouble, not now or ever.”
10:7  His mouth is full of curses, deceit, oppression; under his tongue, mischief and injustice.
10:8  He waits near settlements in ambush and kills an innocent man in secret; his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.
10:9  Lurking unseen like a lion in his lair, he lies in wait to pounce on the poor, then seizes the poor and drags him off in his net.
10:10  Yes, he stoops, crouches down low; and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.
10:11  He says in his heart, “God forgets, he hides his face, he will never see.”
10:12  Arise, Adonai! God, raise your hand! Don’t forget the humble!
10:13  Why does the wicked despise God and say in his heart, “It won’t be held against me”?
10:14  You have seen; for you look at mischief and grief, so that you can take the matter in hand. The helpless commits himself to you; you help the fatherless.
10:15  Break the arm of the wicked! As for the evil man, search out his wickedness until there is none left.
10:16  Adonai is king forever and ever! The nations have vanished from his land.
10:17  Adonai, you have heard what the humble want; you encourage them and listen to them,
10:18  to give justice to the fatherless and oppressed, so that no one on earth will strike terror again.