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Old Testament

Psalms 10 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

1. Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,dost stand from us afar?And wherefore hidest thou thyself,when times so troublous are?

2. The wicked in his loftinessdoth persecute the poor:In these devices they have fram'dlet them be taken sure.

3. The wicked of his heart's desiredoth talk with boasting great;He blesseth him that's covetous,whom yet the Lord doth hate.

4. The wicked, through his pride of face,on God he doth not call;And in the counsels of his heartthe Lord is not at all.

5. His ways they always grievous are;thy judgments from his sightRemoved are: at all his foeshe puffeth with despight.

6. Within his heart he thus hath said,I shall not moved be;And no adversity at allshall ever come to me.

7. His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,is fill'd abundantly;And underneath his tongue there ismischief and vanity.

8. He closely sits in villages;he slays the innocent:Against the poor that pass him byhis cruel eyes are bent.

9. He, lion-like, lurks in his den;he waits the poor to take;And when he draws him in his net,his prey he doth him make.

10. Himself he humbleth very low,he croucheth down withal,That so a multitude of poormay by his strong ones fall.

11. He thus hath said within his heart,The Lord hath quite forgot;He hides his countenance, and hefor ever sees it not.

12. O Lord, do thou arise; O God,lift up thine hand on high:Put not the meek afflicted onesout of thy memory.

13. Why is it that the wicked manthus doth the Lord despise?Because that God will it requirehe in his heart denies.

14. Thou hast it seen; for their mischiefand spite thou wilt repay:The poor commits himself to thee;thou art the orphan's stay.

15. The arm break of the wicked man,and of the evil one;Do thou seek out his wickedness,until thou findest none.

16. The Lord is King through ages all,ev'n to eternity;The heathen people from his landare perish'd utterly.

17. O Lord, of those that humble arethou the desire didst hear;Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thouto hear wilt bend thine ear;

18. To judge the fatherless, and thosethat are oppressed sore;That man, that is but sprung of earth,may them oppress no more.