ΨΑΛΜΟΙ - Salmi - Psalms 10

LXX	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 εις το τελος ψαλμος τω δαυιδ επι τω κυριω πεποιθα πας ερειτε τη ψυχη μου μεταναστευου επι τα ορη ως στρουθιον	1 Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these troubled times?
2 οτι ιδου οι αμαρτωλοι ενετειναν τοξον ητοιμασαν βελη εις φαρετραν του κατατοξευσαι εν σκοτομηνη τους ευθεις τη καρδια	2 Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.
3 οτι α κατηρτισω καθειλον ο δε δικαιος τι εποιησεν	3 The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD.
4 κυριος εν ναω αγιω αυτου κυριος εν ουρανω ο θρονος αυτου οι οφθαλμοι αυτου εις τον πενητα αποβλεπουσιν τα βλεφαρα αυτου εξεταζει τους υιους των ανθρωπων	4 In their insolence the wicked boast: "God doesn't care, doesn't even exist."
5 κυριος εξεταζει τον δικαιον και τον ασεβη ο δε αγαπων αδικιαν μισει την εαυτου ψυχην	5 Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them.
6 επιβρεξει επι αμαρτωλους παγιδας πυρ και θειον και πνευμα καταιγιδος η μερις του ποτηριου αυτων	6 They say in their hearts, "We will never fall; never will we see misfortune."
7 οτι δικαιος κυριος και δικαιοσυνας ηγαπησεν ευθυτητα ειδεν το προσωπον αυτου	7 Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues.
	8 They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless. to murder the innocent in secret.
	9 They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket, hide there to trap the poor, snare them and close the net.
	10 The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,
	11 Who say in their hearts, "God pays no attention, shows no concern, never bothers to look."
	12 Rise up, LORD God! Raise your arm! Do not forget the poor!
	13 Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn't care"?
	14 But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.
	15 Break the arms of the wicked and depraved; make them account for their crimes; let none of them survive.
	16 The LORD is king forever; the nations have vanished from God's land.
	17 You listen, LORD, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and hear their prayers.
	18 You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again.