psalm 10

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==psalm 10:1:

​​Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

==psalm 10:2-5:

​​Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not 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.

​The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
     They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
     there is none who does good.
The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
     to see if there are any who understand,
     who seek after God. (​Psalm 14:1–2)

==psalm 10:6-7:

​6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

==psalm 10:8-13:

​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.
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.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

==psalm 10:14:

​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.

December 3, 2024: Chris Burton posted at Presbyterian Outlook​What is the response to this cosmic protector who intervenes in our earthly strife? “The helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan,” (v.14). The psalmist illustrates God’s track record; intervening in the plight of the marginalized is a defining characteristic of God. Perhaps the angst of our time knows this well; its anger is aimed at a Christianity, whose God is disinterested in the plight of the margins and is a coping mechanism that enables the oligarchs to further their exploits. Could it be amid our despair – even the center of its storm – is a conviction that this could not possibly be the Lord of all Creation that has abandoned us? Is our rage evidence that the charade is near its expiration?
Psalm 10:12-18 emphasizes the mortality of Empire and the everlasting nature of the true and living God. “The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations shall perish from His land,” (v.16). The eternal nature of God’s office reflects the eternal nature of God’s way. The way of life encouraged in this season of oppression will pass away and the way of God will outlast all that wickedness has to offer.

==psalm 10:15-18:

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.