Remove the Wicked
(1) Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
(2) The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
(3) For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
(4) The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
(5) His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
(6) He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
(7) His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
(8) He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
(9) He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
(10) He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
(11) He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
(12) Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
(13) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
(14) Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
(15) Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
(16) The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
(17) LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
(18) To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
--Psalm 10 KJV Bible
Psalm 10 does not have a stated author. However, Psalms 10 seems to be paired with Psalm 9. Together, they form a partially alphabetic acrostic in the Hebrew text. Since David is the stated author of Psalm 9, it is generally thought that David also wrote Psalm 10.
This is a lament psalm of David. In it, David expounds on the evil ways of the wicked and asks for God to destroy them.
In verses 1 through 11 David elaborates on the ungodliness and unrighteousness of the wicked who oppress the afflicted. In verse 1 David calls God’s attention to the trouble David sees around him. In verse 2 David asks that God cause the wicked to be brought down by their own evil plans. In verses 3 through 10 David lists the "fruits" of the wicked, describing them as boastful, greedy, prideful, relentless, atheistic, self-important, cursing, and treacherous.
In verses 12 through 15 David again petitions the Lord to deliver the afflicted and to destroy the wicked. In verse 15 the “arm” is a symbol of power. By David asking God to break the “arm” of the wicked, he is asking God to remove the power of the wicked.
In verses 16 through 18 David affirms that the Lord God has heard David’s prayer. David is confident that God will destroy the wicked and rescue the afflicted.
Lord God, Your Word says that my life should bear the fruits of the Spirit. Help me to do just that. And also help me to prune from my life the fruits of the wicked.
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(2) The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
(3) For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
(4) The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
(5) His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
(6) He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
(7) His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
(8) He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
(9) He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
(10) He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
(11) He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
(12) Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
(13) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
(14) Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
(15) Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
(16) The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
(17) LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
(18) To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
--Psalm 10 KJV Bible
Psalm 10 does not have a stated author. However, Psalms 10 seems to be paired with Psalm 9. Together, they form a partially alphabetic acrostic in the Hebrew text. Since David is the stated author of Psalm 9, it is generally thought that David also wrote Psalm 10.
This is a lament psalm of David. In it, David expounds on the evil ways of the wicked and asks for God to destroy them.
In verses 1 through 11 David elaborates on the ungodliness and unrighteousness of the wicked who oppress the afflicted. In verse 1 David calls God’s attention to the trouble David sees around him. In verse 2 David asks that God cause the wicked to be brought down by their own evil plans. In verses 3 through 10 David lists the "fruits" of the wicked, describing them as boastful, greedy, prideful, relentless, atheistic, self-important, cursing, and treacherous.
In verses 12 through 15 David again petitions the Lord to deliver the afflicted and to destroy the wicked. In verse 15 the “arm” is a symbol of power. By David asking God to break the “arm” of the wicked, he is asking God to remove the power of the wicked.
In verses 16 through 18 David affirms that the Lord God has heard David’s prayer. David is confident that God will destroy the wicked and rescue the afflicted.
Lord God, Your Word says that my life should bear the fruits of the Spirit. Help me to do just that. And also help me to prune from my life the fruits of the wicked.
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