(KJV) Psalm 10¹

⥃The Perils of the Pilgrim

[1] Why standest² thou afar off, O Lord? [why] hidest³ thou [thyself] in times of trouble?⁴ [2] The wicked⁵ in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let⁶ them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. [3] For the wicked boasteth⁷ of his heart’s⁸ desire, and blesseth⁹ the covetous, [whom¹⁰] the Lord abhorreth¹¹. [4] The wicked, through the pride¹² of his countenance, will not¹³ seek [after God¹⁴]: God [is] not in all his thoughts¹⁵. [5] His¹⁶ ways are always grievous; thy judgments¹⁷ [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth¹⁸ at them. [6] He hath said¹⁹ in his heart, I shall not²⁰ be moved: for [I shall] never²¹ [be] in adversity. [7] His mouth is full²² of cursing and deceit²³ and fraud: under²⁴ his tongue [is] mischief²⁵ and vanity²⁶. [8] He sitteth²⁷ in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes²⁸ are privily set²⁹ against the poor. [9] He lieth³⁰ in wait secretly³¹ as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch³² the poor: he doth catch the poor, when³³ he draweth him into his net. [10] He croucheth³⁴, [and] humbleth³⁵ himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones³⁶. [11] He hath said³⁷ in his heart, God³⁸ hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it]. [12] Arise³⁹, O Lord; O God, lift⁴⁰ up thine hand: forget⁴¹ not the humble⁴². [13] Wherefore doth the wicked contemn⁴³ God? he hath said in his heart, Thou⁴⁴ wilt not require [it]. [14] Thou hast⁴⁵ seen [it]; for thou⁴⁶ beholdest mischief and spite, to requite⁴⁷ [it] with thy hand: the poor⁴⁸ committeth⁴⁹ himself unto thee; thou art the helper⁵⁰ of the fatherless. [15] Break⁵¹ thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek⁵² out his wickedness [till] thou find none. [16] The Lord⁵³ [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen⁵⁴ are perished out of his land. [17] Lord⁵⁵, thou hast heard the desire of the humble⁵⁶: thou wilt prepare⁵⁷ their heart, thou wilt cause⁵⁸ thine ear to hear: [18] To judge⁵⁹ the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man⁶⁰ of the earth may no more oppress⁶¹.