The Scriptures 1998

Psalms 10:7-16 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

7. His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and wickedness.

8. He sits in the hiding places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless.

9. He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

10. And he crouches, he lies low, And the helpless fall under his strength.

11. He has said in his heart, “Ěl has forgotten, He has hidden His face, He shall never see.”

12. Arise, O יהוה! O Ěl, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the lowly ones.

13. Why do the wrong scorn Elohim? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”

14. You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

15. Break the arm of the wrong one and the evil one; Search out his wrongness that would not be found out.

16. יהוה is Sovereign forever and ever; The gentiles shall perish from His land.