{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:52:21.280Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He crouches, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 10 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}