10: 2 In the pride of the wicked 47the poor 48is hotly pursued; 49Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
47Or, he doth hotly pursue the poor;
48Hb. is set on fire;
49Or, They are taken in the devices etc.
10: 3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul’s desire, 50And the robber blasphemeth, yes, revileth Jehovah.
50Sopherim changed to, And the covetous renounceth, yes, abhoreth Jehovah. or, And blesseth the covetous, but hath contempt for Jehovah.
10: 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
10: 5 His ways are 51firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above – out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
51Or, grievous
10: 6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
10: 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and 52oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
52Or, fraud:
10: 8 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 53helpless.
53Or, hapless. Also in vs. 10.
10: 9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
10: 10 54He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
54Hbmg reads And being crushed,
10: 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
10: 12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the 55poor.
55Or, meek.
10: 13 Wherefore doth the wicked revile God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
10: 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest 56mischief and spite, 57to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
56Or, travail and grief,
57Or, to take it into thy hand:
10: 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
10: 16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The 58nations are perished out of his land.
58Or, heathen
10: 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt 59prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
59Or, establish
10: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
