Psalms 10

lamah Adonai ta'amod berakhoq talim le'ittot batsarah

Why, O ETERNAL One, do You stand aloof, heedless in times of trouble?

bega'avat rasha yidlaq ani yittafesu bimzimmot zu khashavu

The wicked in their arrogance hound the lowly— may they be caught in the schemes they devise!

ki-hillel rasha al-ta'avat nafsho uvotsea berekh ni'ets Adonai

The wicked crow about their unbridled lusts; the grasping revile and scorn GOD.

rasha kegovah appo bal-yidrosh en elohim kol-mezimmotayw

The wicked, arrogant as they are, in all their scheming [think], “God does not care and does not call to account.”

yakhilu derakhav bekhol-et marom mishpatekha minnegdo kol-tsorerayw yafiakh bahem

Their ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far beyond them; they snort at all their foes.

amar belibbo bal-emmot ledor vador asher lo-vera

Such people think, “I shall not be shaken, through all time never be in trouble.”

alah pihu male umirmot vatokh takhat leshono amal va'aven

Their mouth is full of oaths, deceit, and fraud; mischief and evil are under their tongue.

yeshev bemarav khatserim bammistarim yaharog naqi enayw lekhelekhah yitsponu

They lurk in outlying places; from a covert they slay the innocent; their eyes spy out the hapless.

ye'erov bammistar ke'aryeh vesukkoh ye'erov lakhatof ani yakhtof ani bemoshkho verishto

They wait in a covert like a lion in a lair; wait to seize the lowly; they seize the lowly as they pull their net shut;

(vdkhh) [yidkeh] yashoakh venafal ba'atsumayw (khlkhym) [khel ka'im]

they stoop, they crouch, and the hapless fall prey to their might.

amar belibbo shakhakh el histir panayw bal-ra'ah lanetsakh

They think, “God is not mindful, the divine face is hidden and never looks.”

qumah Adonai el nesa yadekha al-tishkakh (nyym) [anavim]

Rise, O ETERNAL One! Strike at them, O God! Do not forget the lowly.

al-meh ni'ets rasha elohim amar belibbo lo tidrosh

Why should the wicked scorn God, thinking You do not call to account?

ra'itah ki-attah amal vakha'as tabbit latet beyadekha alekha ya'azov khelekhah yatom attah hayita ozer

You do look! You take note of mischief and vexation! To requite is in Your power. To You the hapless can entrust themselves; You have ever been the orphans’ help.

shevor zeroa rasha vara tidrosh-risho val-timtsa

O break the power of the wicked and evildoers, so that when You look for their wickedness You will find it no more.

Adonai melekh olam va'ed avedu goyim me'artso

GOD is sovereign for ever and ever; the nations will perish from this land.

ta'avat anavim shamata Adonai takhin libbam taqshiv oznekha

You will listen to the entreaty of the lowly, O ETERNAL One, You will make their hearts firm; You will incline Your ear

lishpot yatom vadakh bal-yosif od la'arots enosh min-ha'arets

to champion the orphan and the downtrodden, that mere earthly mortals tyrannize no more.