{"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/dbt/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:27:02.299Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His ways always succeed; 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; from generation to generation I shall be in no 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 slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may 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, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched 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 have perished out of his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 10 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}