Psalm 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
1 Why standest thou so 3 far | off, O | Lord, ||
and hidest thy face in the | needful | time of | trouble? ||
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
2 The ungodly, for his own lust, doth | perse•cute the | poor: ||
let them be taken in the crafty | wili•ness that | 3 they have im- | agined. ||
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own | heart's de- | sire, ||
and speaketh good of the | covetous, • whom the | Lord ab- | horreth. ||
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
4 The ungodly is so proud, that he | careth • not for | God, ||
neither is | God in | all his | thoughts. ||
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
5 His ways are | alway | grievous; ||
thy judgments are far above out of his sight, * and therefore de- | fieth • he | all his | ene•mies. ||
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall | never be • cast | down, ||
3 there | shall no | harm | happen • unto me. ||
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, de- | ceit, and | fraud; ||
under his | tongue • is un- | godli•ness and | vani•ty. ||
8 He 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.
8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish | corners • of the | streets, ||
and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; * his | eyes are | set a•gainst the | poor. ||
9 He 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.
9 For he lieth | waiting | secret•ly; ||
even as a lion lurketh he in his den, 3 that | he may | 3 ravish the | poor. ||
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
10 He doth | 3 ravish the | poor, ||
when he | getteth • him | 3 into his | net. ||
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
11 He falleth | down, and | humbleth him•self, ||
that the congregation of the poor may | fall in•to the | 3 hands of his | captains. ||
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
12 He hath said in his heart, | Tush, • God hath for- | gotten; ||
he hideth away his | face, and • he will | never | see it. ||
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand; * for- | get • not the | poor. ||
14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God, * while he doth say in his heart, | Tush, thou | God • carest | not • for it? ||
14 Thou 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 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
15 Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, * that thou mayest take the matter | 3 into thy | hand. ||
16 The poor committeth himself unto thee; for | thou • art the | helper • of the | friendless. ||
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
17 Break thou the power of the un- | godly • and ma- | licious; ||
search out his un- | godli•ness, un- | til thou • find | none. ||
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
18 The Lord is King for | 3 ever and | ever, ||
and the heathen are | perished | 3 out of the | land. ||
19 Lord, thou hast heard the de- | sire • of the | poor; ||
thou preparest their | heart, • and thine | ear | hearken•eth; ||
20 To help the fatherless and | poor un•to their | right, ||
that the man of the | 3 earth be no | more ex- | alted a•gainst them. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).