CSB

CSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Psalm 10 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Need for God’s Justice
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -

LORD,[fn][fn] why do you stand so far away?

Why do you hide in times of trouble?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 -

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:3 -

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;

the one who is greedy curses[fn] and despises the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 -

In all his scheming,

the wicked person arrogantly thinks,[fn]

“There’s no accountability,

since there’s no God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 -

His ways are always secure;[fn]

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;[fn]

he scoffs at all his adversaries.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 -

He says to himself, “I will never be moved —

from generation to generation I will be without calamity.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;

trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 -

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 -

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

So he is oppressed and beaten down;

helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 -

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 -

Rise up, LORD God! Lift up your hand.

Do not forget the oppressed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 -

Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 -

Break the arm of the wicked, evil person,

until you look for his wickedness,

but it can’t be found.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 -

The LORD is King forever and ever;

the nations will perish from his land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 -

LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble;

you will strengthen their hearts.

You will listen carefully,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 -

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.

CSB Footnotes
Some Hb mss, LXX connect Pss 9–10.
Together Pss 9–10 form a partial acrostic.
Or he blesses the greedy
Lit wicked according to the height of his nose
Or prosperous
Lit judgments are away from in front of him
CSB

Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017, 2020 by Holman Bible Publishers.

Additional information is provided here.

For more information on this translation, see the CSB Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
CSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
CSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan