Psalm X

Why standest thou, Lord, as far off,
And seem'st [from us] thy self to hide,

In troublous times when wicked men
Do persecute [the poor] in pride.
But let these proud and wicked men
[Themselves] be taken and surpriz'd,
Even in the same destructive trap
Which they [in craft] for us devis'd.

The wicked of his hearts desire
Doth boast, in prosperous [worldly] state
The covetous worldling he doth praise,
Whom yet the [righteous] Lord doth hate.

The wicked puffed up with pride,
Is to such [sottish] folly brought,
That he disdains to seek the Lord,
God is not in his [bruitish] thought.

Hurtfulness is in all his ways,
[For] thine are [all] above his sight;
All that he takes for enemies
He puffs at with [scorn and] despight.

He saith in his self-flattering heart,
[Surely] I never mov'd shall be;
My prosperous state shall not decay,
Nor shall I [ever] trouble see.

His mouth's with rage and cursing full,
And with deceit and [guileful] lies,
Under his wicked tongue is hatcht
Mischief [falshood] and vanities.

He lurks in Towns and Villages
To [catch and] kill the innocent;
In secret his malicious eyes
Against the [helpless] poor are ben.

He Lion-like lurks in his den,
And waits the [humbled] poor to take,
And drawn into his own made net,
Him as his [lawful] prey doth make.

He crowcheth low, that so the poor
In his strong [cruel] paws may fall:

His heart saith, God doth not regard,
But [winks and] will not see at all.

Forget not humble men, O Lord;
Lift up thy hand, [for them] arise,

Because they think thou'lt not them judge,
[Therefore] the wicked thee despise.

Mischief and spight thou dost behold,
[And with] thy hand wilt it repay.
The poor commits himself to thee,
Thou art the Orphans [help and] stay.

Break thou the arm of wicked men,
And [take down] those that evil be;
Seek out their wickedness, until
[Thou find] none's unreveng'd by thee.

The Lord is King for evermore,
The heathen by his [mighty] hand
And wicked all are perished.
And cast out of his [holy] land.

The humble man's righteous desires
[O Lord] thou graciously didst hear;
Thou wilt prepare and fix their hearts,
And [thou wilt] yield a hearing ear.

To judge and help the fatherless,
And the opprest and [humble] poor,
That so these men of earth may vex
And terrifie [the just] no more.