nsb - Psalms:10

nsb@Psalms:10:1 @ Why are you so distant, Jehovah? Why do you hide in times of trouble?

nsb@Psalms:10:2 @ The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

nsb@Psalms:10:3 @ The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors.

nsb@Psalms:10:4 @ In his arrogant attitude he does not search for God. His faulty reasoning concludes: »There is no God.«

nsb@Psalms:10:5 @ He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.

nsb@Psalms:10:6 @ He says to himself: »Nothing can shake me. I will never face trouble.«

nsb@Psalms:10:7 @ His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

nsb@Psalms:10:8 @ He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. He searches for victims.

nsb@Psalms:10:9 @ He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net.

nsb@Psalms:10:10 @ His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall into the power of the wicked.

nsb@Psalms:10:11 @ He says in his heart: »God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!«

nsb@Psalms:10:12 @ Arise, O Jehovah! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people!

nsb@Psalms:10:13 @ Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say in his heart: »God does not require it?«

nsb@Psalms:10:14 @ You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

nsb@Psalms:10:15 @ Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Pursue his wickedness until you find no more evil.

nsb@Psalms:10:16 @ Jehovah is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.

nsb@Psalms:10:17 @ You have heard the desire of humble people, O Jehovah. You encourage them. You incline your ear to them.

nsb@Psalms:10:18 @ You provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no man will terrify them again.