{"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/kjv/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:28:21.077Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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? <i>why</i> hidest thou <i>thyself</i> in times of trouble?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The wicked in <i>his</i> pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, <i>whom</i> the LORD abhorreth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek <i>after God</i>: God <i>is</i> not in all his thoughts."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His ways are always grievous; thy judgments <i>are</i> far above out of his sight: <i>as for</i> all his enemies, he puffeth at them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for <i>I shall</i> never <i>be</i> in adversity."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue <i>is</i> mischief and vanity."},{"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 poor."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He croucheth, <i>and</i> humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast seen <i>it</i>; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite <i>it</i> with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil <i>man</i>: seek out his wickedness <i>till</i> thou find none."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The LORD <i>is</i> King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}