PSALM 10

PSALM 10

Psa 10:1  Why, O LORD, 
do you stand far away? 

Why do you hide yourself 
in times of trouble? 

Psa 10:2  In arrogance do the wicked 
hotly pursue the poor; 

let them be caught in the 
schemes that they have devised. 

sa 10:3  For the wicked boasts of 
the desires of his soul, 

and the one greedy for gain 
curses and renounces the LORD. 

Psa 10:4  In the pride of his face 
the wicked does not seek him; 

all his thoughts are, 
“There is no God.” 

Psa 10:5  His ways prosper 
at all times; 

your judgments on high, 
are out of his sight; 

as for all his foes, 
he puffs at them. 

Psa 10:6  He says in his heart, 
“I shall not be moved; 

throughout all generations 
I shall not meet adversity.” 

Psa 10:7  His mouth is filled with 
cursing and deceit and oppression; 

under his tongue are 
mischief and iniquity. 

Psa 10:8  He sits in ambush 
in the villages; 

in hiding places he 
murders the innocent. 

His eyes stealthily 
watch for the helpless; 

Psa 10:9  he lurks in ambush 
like a lion in his thicket; 

he lurks that he may 
seize the poor; 

he seizes the poor when he 
draws him into his net. 

Psa 10:10  The helpless are crushed, sink down, 
and fall by his might. 

Psa 10:11  He says in his heart, 
“God has forgotten, 

he has hidden his face, 
he will never see it.” 

Psa 10:11  He says in his heart, 
“God has forgotten, 

he has hidden his face, 
he will never see it.” 


Psa 10:12  Arise, O LORD; 
O God, 

lift up your hand; 
forget not the afflicted. 

Psa 10:13  Why does the wicked 
renounce God 

and say in his heart, 
“You will not call to account”? 

10:14  But you do see, 
for you note mischief and vexation, 

that you may take it 
into your hands; 

to you the helpless 
commits himself; 

you have been the 
helper of the fatherless. 

Psa 10:15  Break the arm of 
the wicked and evildoer; 

call his wickedness to account 
till you find none. 

Psa 10:16  The LORD is king 
forever and ever; 

the nations perish 
from his land. 

Psa 10:17  O LORD, you hear the 
desire of the afflicted; 

you will strengthen their heart; 
you will incline your ear 


Psa 10:18  to do justice to the 
fatherless and the oppressed, 

so that humans on the earth 
may strike terror no more. 

Words by King David and ESV translation.
Audio recording and music © by John Brusseau
6/29/2026