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Psalms 10

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBWhy do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
    KJVWhy standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  2. 2
    WEBIn arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
    KJVThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  3. 3
    WEBFor the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
    KJVFor the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
  4. 4
    WEBThe wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
    KJVThe wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
  5. 5
    WEBHis ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
    KJVHis ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
  6. 6
    WEBHe says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
    KJVHe hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
  7. 7
    WEBHis mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
    KJVHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
  8. 8
    WEBHe lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
    KJVHe sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
  9. 9
    WEBHe lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
    KJVHe lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
  10. 10
    WEBThe helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
    KJVHe croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  11. 11
    WEBHe says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
    KJVHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
  12. 12
    WEBArise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
    KJVArise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
  13. 13
    WEBWhy does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
    KJVWherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
  14. 14
    WEBBut you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
    KJVThou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
  15. 15
    WEBBreak the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
    KJVBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
  16. 16
    WEBYahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
    KJVThe LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
  17. 17
    WEBYahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
    KJVLORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
  18. 18
    WEBto judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
    KJVTo judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.