Why
do you stand far off, Yahweh?
Why
do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
In
arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.
They
are caught in the schemes that they devise.
For
the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.
He
blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
The
wicked, in the pride of his face,
has
no room in his thoughts for God.
His
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.
He
says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken.
For
generations I shall have no trouble.”
His
mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
Under
his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
He
lies in wait near the villages.
From
ambushes, he murders the innocent.
His
eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
He
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.
The
helpless are crushed.
They
collapse.
They
fall under his strength.
He
says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
He
hides his face.
He
will never see it.”
Arise,
Yahweh!
God,
lift up your hand!
Don’t
forget the helpless.
Why
does the wicked person condemn God,
and
say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”
But
you do see trouble and grief.
You
consider it to take it into your hand.
You
help the victim and the fatherless.
Break
the arm of the wicked.
As
for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Yahweh
is King forever and ever!
The
nations will perish out of his land.
Yahweh,
you have heard the desire of the humble.
You
will prepare their heart.
You
will cause your ear to hear,
to
judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that
man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
Psalm 10
This
is a combination of the restless waiting for God in our suffering that we heard
in Psalm 6 in Series Part 16, and the bold trust that God will come to our rescue in a divine fury, as he did for David in
Part 12.
Photo Credit: Missy Grasso 3-21-16
