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10:1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 10:2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor-- let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. 10:3 For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart, those greedy for gain curse and renounce the LORD. 10:4 In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, "God will not seek it out"; all their thoughts are, "There is no God." 10:5 Their ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of their sight; as for their foes, they scoff at them. 10:6 They think in their heart, "We shall not be moved; throughout all generations we shall not meet adversity." 10:7 Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under their tongues are mischief and iniquity. 10:8 They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; 10:9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net. 10:10 They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might. 10:11 They think in their heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it." 10:12 Rise up, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed. 10:13 Why do the wicked renounce God, and say in their hearts, "You will not call us to account"? 10:14 But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan. 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none. 10:16 The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations shall perish from his land. 10:17 O LORD, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear 10:18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.