Salmos 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued;

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,

5 His ways are firm at all times;

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression:

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages;

9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;

10 He croucheth, he boweth down,

11 He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;

12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,

14 Thou hast seen

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked;

16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever:

17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,