{"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/erv/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T07:53:14.958Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 LORD? 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 imagined."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD."},{"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 covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: 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 LORD; O God, lift up thine 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":"Thon hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into 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":"The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"LORD, 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 which is of the earth may be terrible no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 10 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}