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Psalm 10:1-18

Arise for the Humble

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Arise for the Humble

Psalm 10:1-18

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This song belongs to the Psalms collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Psalms
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Psalms
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Why do You seem so far in trouble? Why does the violent hide in pride? He hunts the poor with plans of cruelty And boasts that judgment will not arrive. His mouth is full of fraud and cursing. He waits like a lion for the weak. He says within his heart, “God has forgotten; No eye will see, no hand will ever seek.” Arise, O Lord, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the lowly. You see the grief, You mark the violence; The fatherless commit themselves to You. Break the power of the wicked. Call every hidden evil into light. The Lord is King forever and forever; No tyrant owns the final right. Arise for the humble and the helpless. Prepare their hearts and hear their cry. Judge the oppressor, guard the orphan, Till terror leaves the land behind.

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Psalms 10: The violence hidden under confidence

Psalm 10 stays close to the logic of oppression. It opens by asking why the LORD seems far away, then shows how the wicked convert apparent divine distance into confidence that no accounting will come. Their theology is practical: “God hath forgotten” becomes permission for boasting, deceit, ambush, and the hunting of the poor. The prayer directly contests that conclusion with “Thou hast seen it.” Divine sight is joined to action for the fatherless and to a request that oppressive power be broken. The Book of Psalms does not pretend the opening complaint was imaginary. It carries that complaint through a detailed exposure of arrogance and ends by naming the LORD as king, the humble as heard, and judgment as the end of terror for those without protectors.

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