Tehillim 10

¹Why standest Thou afar off, Hashem ?

Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of tzoros?

²The reshah in his ga'avah (haughtiness) doth persecute the ani (poor) ;[#10:2 See Zech 9:9 where ani is Moshiach]

let them be caught in the devices that they have schemed.

³For the reshah boasteth of his ta'avat nefesh (soulʼs lust) ,

and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth.

⁴The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him;

Elohim is not in all his thoughts.

⁵His ways are always prosperous;

Thy mishpatim are on high, out of his sight;

as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

⁶He hath said in his lev, I shall not be shaken;

throughout all generations I shall never be in trouble.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud;

under his leshon (tongue) is trouble and iniquity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages;

in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent) ;

his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

⁹He 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 reshet.

¹⁰He crouches, and stoops,

that the poor may fall by his atzum (might) .

¹¹He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten;

He hideth his face; He will never see it.

¹²Arise, Hashem ;

O El, lift up Thine yad; forget not the aniyim.

¹³For why doth the reshah renounce Elohim?

He hath said in his lev, Thou wilt not call me to account.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka'as (grief) ,

to requite it with Thy yad;

the helpless committeth himself unto Thee;

Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan) .

¹⁵Break Thou the zero'a of the reshah and the evil man;

call to account his wickedness

that would not be found out.

¹⁶Hashem is Melech olam va'ed;

the Goyim are perished out of His land.

¹⁷Hashem , Thou hast heard the desire of the aniyim;

Thou wilt strengthen their lev, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear;

¹⁸To judge the yatom (orphan) and the oppressed,

that enosh of the earth may no more strike terror.