Psalm 10

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Why standest thou so 3 far | off, O | Lord ||

and hidest thy face in the | needful | time of | trouble? ||

2 The ungodly for his own lust doth | perse•cute the | poor ||

let them be taken in the crafty | wili•ness that | 3 they have im- | agined. ||

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own | heart's de- | sire ||

and speaketh good of the | cove•tous, whom | God ab- | horreth. ||

4 The ungodly is so proud, that he | careth • not for | God ||

neither is | God in | all his | thoughts. ||

5 His ways are | alway | grievous ||

thy judgements are far above out of his sight, * and therefore de- | fieth • he | all his | ene•mies. ||

6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall | never be • cast | down ||

3 there | shall no | harm | happen • unto me. ||

7 His mouth is full of cursing, de- | ceit, and | fraud ||

under his | tongue • is un- | godli•ness and | vani•ty. ||

8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish | corners • of the | streets ||

and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; * his | eyes are | set a•gainst the | poor. ||

9 For he lieth | waiting | secret•ly ||

even as a lion lurketh he in his den, 3 that | he may | 3 ravish the | poor. ||

10 He doth | 3 ravish the | poor ||

when he | getteth • him | 3 into his | net. ||

11 He falleth | down, and | humbleth him•self ||

that the congregation of the poor may | fall in•to the | 3 hands of his | captains. ||

12 He hath said in his heart, | Tush, • God hath for- | gotten ||

he hideth away his | face, and • he will | never | see it. ||

13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand: * for- | get • not the | poor. ||

14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God, * while he doth say in his heart, | Tush, thou | God • carest | not • for it? ||

15 Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, * 16 that thou mayest take the matter | 3 into thy | hand ||

the poor committeth himself unto thee; for | thou • art the | helper • of the | friendless. ||

17 Break thou the power of the un- | godly • and ma- | licious ||

take away his un- | godli•ness, and | thou shalt • find | none. ||

18 The Lord is King for | 3 ever and | ever ||

and the heathen are | perished | 3 out of the | land. ||

19 Lord, thou hast heard the de- | sire • of the | poor ||

thou preparest their | heart, • and thine | ear | hearkeneth there•to; ||

20 To help the fatherless and | poor un•to their | right ||

that the man of the | 3 earth be no | more ex- | alted a•gainst them. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||