{"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/asv/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:33:48.450Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 10 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}