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The psalm describes arrogant oppression in detail, asks God to arise, and ends by confessing that the LORD is King who hears the humble.
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Psalms 10
The psalm describes arrogant oppression in detail, asks God to arise, and ends by confessing that the LORD is King who hears the humble.
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1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou…2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let…3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth…4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not…5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above…6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be…7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:…8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in…9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his…10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall…11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he…12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget…13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in…14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite,…15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil…16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen…17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou…18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man…