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Psalms
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Psalms 10 [Commentary]
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Why do You stand afar off, O LORD ?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
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In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
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For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.
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The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, "There is no God."
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His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
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He says to himself, "I will not be moved;
Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity."
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His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
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He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
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He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
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He crouches, he bows down,
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
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He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it."
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Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.
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Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, "You will not require it."
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You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
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Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
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The LORD is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.
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O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear
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To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
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Psalms 11 [Commentary] 
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For the choir director. A Psalm of David. In the LORD I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain;
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For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
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If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?"
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The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD'S throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
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The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
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Upon the wicked He will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
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For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness;
The upright will behold His face.
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Psalms 12 [Commentary]
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For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
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They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
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Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
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"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
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The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
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You, O LORD, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.
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The wicked strut about on every side
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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