Psalms 10

Psalms 10 in full

King James Version, 18 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Ps 10:1

   Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2. Ps 10:2

   The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3. Ps 10:3

   For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

4. Ps 10:4

   The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5. Ps 10:5

   His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6. Ps 10:6

   He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

7. Ps 10:7

   His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8. Ps 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 poor.

9. Ps 10:9

   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.

10. Ps 10:10

    He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

11. Ps 10:11

    He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12. Ps 10:12

    Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

13. Ps 10:13

    Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14. Ps 10:14

    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15. Ps 10:15

    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16. Ps 10:16

    The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17. Ps 10:17

    Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18. Ps 10:18

    To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

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Psalms 10 is part of Psalms, book 19 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 150 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.