Psalm 10 | English Standard Version Segond 21

Psalm 10 | English Standard Version

Why Do You Hide Yourself?

1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. 3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses* and renounces the Lord. 4 In the pride of his face* the wicked does not seek him;* all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” 5 His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. 6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.” 7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. 8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; 9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might. 11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. 13 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? 14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. 16 The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. 17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear 18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

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Segond 21

Le méchant et son sort

1 Pourquoi, Eternel, te tiens-tu éloigné? Pourquoi te caches-tu dans les moments de détresse? 2 Le méchant, dans son orgueil, poursuit les malheureux: ils sont pris dans les pièges qu'il a conçus. 3 Le méchant se vante de ses mauvais désirs, le profiteur maudit et méprise l'Eternel. 4 Le méchant dit, dans son arrogance: «Il ne punit pas! Il n'y a pas de Dieu!» Voilà toutes ses pensées. 5 Ses entreprises réussissent en tout temps; tes jugements passent au-dessus de sa tête, il disperse tous ses adversaires. 6 Il dit dans son cœur: «Je ne suis pas ébranlé, je suis pour toujours à l'abri du malheur!» 7 Sa bouche est pleine de malédictions, de tromperies* et de fraudes; il y a sous sa langue la méchanceté et le malheur. 8 Il se tient en embuscade près des villages, il assassine l'innocent dans des endroits retirés; ses yeux épient le malheureux. 9 Il est aux aguets dans sa cachette comme le lion dans sa tanière, il est aux aguets pour attraper le malheureux; il l'attrape en l'attirant dans son piège. 10 Il s'accroupit, il se tapit, et les malheureux tombent dans ses griffes. 11 Il dit dans son cœur: «Dieu oublie, il se cache, il ne regarde jamais!» 12 Lève-toi, Eternel, ô Dieu, interviens, n'oublie pas les malheureux! 13 Pourquoi le méchant méprise-t-il Dieu? Pourquoi dit-il en son cœur que tu ne punis pas? 14 Tu vois cependant leur peine et leur souffrance, tu regardes, pour prendre en main leur cause. C'est à toi que le malheureux s'abandonne, c'est toi qui viens en aide à l'orphelin. 15 Brise la force du méchant, punis sa méchanceté, et qu'il disparaisse à tes yeux! 16 L'Eternel est roi pour toujours et à perpétuité; les autres nations disparaissent de son pays. 17 Tu entends les désirs de ceux qui souffrent, Eternel, tu leur redonnes courage, tu prêtes l'oreille 18 pour rendre justice à l'orphelin et à l'opprimé, afin que l'homme tiré de la terre cesse d'inspirer de la crainte.