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Psalm 10

1 He complaineth of the fraude, rapine, tyrannie, and all kindes of wrong, which worldelie men vſe, aſsigning the cauſe thereof, that wicked men, being as it were drunken with worldelie proſperitie, and therefore ſetting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God, thinke they may do all things without controwling. 15 Therefore he calleth vpon God to ſend ſome remedie againſt theſe deſperat euils, 16 And at length comforteth him ſelfe with hope of deliuerance.
1.WHy ſtandeſt thou farre of, ô Lord, & hideſt thee in due time, euen in affliction?
2.The wicked with pride doeth perſecute the poore: let them be taken in the crafts that they haue imagined.
3.For the wicked hathe made boaſt of his owne hearts deſire, and the couetous bleſſeth him ſelfe: he contemneth the Lord.
4.The wicked is ſo proude that he ſeketh not for God: he thinketh alwaies, There is no God.
5.His waies alwaie proſper: thy iudgemēts are hie aboue his ſight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
6.He ſaieth in his heart, I ſhal neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
7.His mouth is ful of curſing and diſceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is miſchief & iniquitie.
8.He lieth in waite in the villages: in the ſecret places doeth he murther the innocent: his eies are bent againſt the poore.
9.He lieth in waite ſecretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lieth in waite to ſpoile the poore: he doeth ſpoile the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
10.He crowcheth & boweth: therefore heapes of the poore do fall by his might.
11.He hathe ſaid in his heart, God hathe forgotten, he hideth awaie his face, & wil neuer ſe.
12.Ariſe, ô Lord God: lift vp thine hand: forget not the poore.
13.Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he ſaieth in his heart, Thou wilt not regarde.
14.Yet thou haſt ſene it: for thou beholdeſt miſchief and wrong, that thou maieſt take it into thine hāds: the poore cōmitteth him ſelfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherles.
15.Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: ſearche his wickednes, & thou ſhalt finde none.
16.The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are deſtroyed forthe of his land.
17.Lord, thou haſt heard the deſire of the poore: thou prepareſt their heart: thou bēdeſt thine eare to them,
18.To iudge the fatherles and poore, that earthlie man cauſe to feare no more.

Notes

1:a.
So ſone as we enter into affliction, we thinke God ſhulde helpe vs, but that is not alwaies his due time.
3:b.
The wicked man reioyceth in his owne luſt, he boaſteth when he hathe that he wolde: he braggeth of his wit & welth, & bleſſeth him ſelfe, and thus blaſphemeth the Lord.
5:".
Or, puffeth at.
6:".
Or, not be moued becauſe he was neuer in euil.
6:c.
The euil ſhal not touche me. Iſa 28,15. or els he ſpeaketh thus becauſe he neuer felt euil.
8:d.
He ſheweth that ye wicked haue many meanes to hide their cruelties, and therefore oght more to be feared.
10:e.
By the hypocriſie of the that haue autoritie the poore are deuoured.
12:f.
He calleth to God for helpe, becauſe wickednes is ſo farre ouergrowen yt God muſt now helpe or neuer.
13:g.
Therefore yu muſt nedes puniſh this their blaſphemie.
14:h.
To iudge betwene the right and the wrong.
15:i.
For yu haſt vtterly deſtroied him.
16:k.
The hypocrites, or ſuche as liue not after Gods law, ſhalbe deſtroyed.
18:l.
God helpeth when mās helpe ceaſeth.
18:".
Or, deſtroy no more man vpon the earth.