{"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/ylt/psalms/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T11:06:13.009Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 10 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 10](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/10 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}