Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 10

, why do you ? Why do you when everything falls apart?The hunt down the in their arrogance — let them be .The ruthless boast about their ; .The ruthless, , . In all their scheming, there is .Their — every time. is so high above, it’s out of their sight; they at anyone who stands against them.They tell themselves, “. I’ll sail through life .”Their mouth is full of , lies, and threats; .They sit in near the villages, in hidden places they murder the . Their eyes are always .They crouch in hiding like a , they crouch to drag away the vulnerable. They drag them off, caught in their .The helpless are , brought low; they of the ruthless.They tell themselves, “. He’s . He’ll never see this.”, Yahweh! God, ! Do not forget .Why should the ruthless get to ? Why should they tell themselves, “He’ll never ”?But — you’ve always seen. You take note of to . The helpless leave everything to you; you have always been the . of the ruthless and corrupt; .Yahweh is . The from .Yahweh, you have heard the of the . You ; your ear is turned toward them —to bring to the and the , so that can never again.