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