Thematic Bible
Psalm 10:1 (show verse)
Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off? [Why] do you hide during times of distress?
Psalm 10:2 (show verse)
In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,
Psalm 10:3 (show verse)
for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.
Psalm 10:4 (show verse)
{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.
Psalm 10:5 (show verse)
His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.
Psalm 10:6 (show verse)
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."
Psalm 10:7 (show verse)
His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.
Psalm 10:8 (show verse)
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.
Psalm 10:9 (show verse)
He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.
Psalm 10:10 (show verse)
He is crushed; he is bowed down; so the helpless host falls by his {might}.
Psalm 10:11 (show verse)
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."
Psalm 10:12 (show verse)
Rise up, O Yahweh; O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget [the] afflicted.
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Psalm 10:13 (show verse)
Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 10:14 (show verse)
[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.
Psalm 10:15 (show verse)
Break [the] arm of [the] wicked, and [as for the] evil [man]-- seek out his wickedness [until] you find none.
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Psalm 10:16 (show verse)
Yahweh [is] king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land.
Psalm 10:17 (show verse)
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
Psalm 10:18 (show verse)
to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.