1 Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these troubled times?
2 Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.
3 The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD.
4 In their insolence the wicked boast: "God doesn't care, doesn't even exist."
5 Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them.
6 They say in their hearts, "We will never fall; never will we see misfortune."
7 Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues.
8 They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless. to murder the innocent in secret.
9 They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket, hide there to trap the poor, snare them and close the net.
10 The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,
11 Who say in their hearts, "God pays no attention, shows no concern, never bothers to look."
12 Rise up, LORD God! Raise your arm! Do not forget the poor!
13 Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn't care"?
14 But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.
15 Break the arms of the wicked and depraved; make them account for their crimes; let none of them survive.
16 The LORD is king forever; the nations have vanished from God's land.
17 You listen, LORD, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and hear their prayers.
18 You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again.
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 10:
Psalm 10 is a lament that expresses the perplexity of the psalmist in the face of God's apparent injustice to allow the wicked to prosper and oppress the poor and needy. The psalm begins with the question, "Why do you keep you away? And why do you hide in the time of tribulation?" (v. 1). The following verses describe the arrogance and evil of the wicked and their lack of fear of God. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Psalm 10:
Proverbs 21:13: "He who has been the ear to the poorness of the poor will also cry out and be heard." This verse alludes to the question raised in Psalm 10 on God's apparent in before the oppression of the needy by the wicked. The proverb warns that those who ignore the clamor of the poor will also be ignored when they cry out for help.
Psalm 73:2-3: "As for me, they almost shook my feet; little was missing to divert my steps. For I was jealous of the superb, seeing the prosperity of the wicked." The psalmist expresses an experience similar to that of the psalmist of Psalm 10 by observing the prosperity of the wicked and questioning the righteousness of God.
Psalm 37:35-36: "I saw a arrogant wicked, expanding which cedar of Lebanon. I passed again, and behold, I looked for it, but it was not possible to find it." These verses portray the transience of the prosperity of the wicked and the certainty that, ultimately, justice will prevail.
Psalm 12:5: "Because of the oppression of the needy and the moan of the poor, I will now rise, says the Lord; This verse offers hope to the psalmist of Psalm 10, ensuring that God will not remain inactive in the face of the oppression of the wicked and that the needy will be saved.
Psalm 9:15-16: "They made a pit, they deepened it, and fell into the grave they did. The Lord made known his righteousness, executing judgment; These verses affirm God's righteousness and the inevitability that the wicked will gather what they have planted, once again offering hope and comfort to the psalm of Psalm 10.
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