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Psalms 10:1
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Psalms 10:1
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Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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Psalms 10:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
ESV
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Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
NLT
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O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
MSG
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God, are you avoiding me? Where are you when I need you?
CSB
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Lord, why do You stand so far away? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Psalms 10:1 In-Context
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Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3
He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
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His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.
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Psalms 22:1,11
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Psalms 35:22
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Psalms 38:21
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Psalms 71:12
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Psalms 13:1
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[a].
Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
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