Psalms

Chapter 10

  1. 2

    My trust is in the Lord; how is it that you say to me, Escape, like a frightened sparrow, to the hill-side?

  2. 3

    Escape; the rebels have strung their bows, have arrows ready on the string, to shoot from their hiding-places at an unoffending heart;

  3. 4

    they have thrown down all thou hadst built; what hope, now, for the just man?

  4. 5

    Is not the Lord in his holy shrine, the same Lord whose throne is in heaven, whose eye watches, whose glance can appraise, the deeds of men?

  5. 6

    Innocent or sinful, he reads every heart, and the friends of wrong-doing are his enemies.

  6. 7

    Pitilessly his weapons rain down upon the offenders; burning coals, and brimstone, and scorching wind; such is the draught he brews for them.

  7. 8

    The Lord is just, and just are the deeds he loves; none but upright souls shall enjoy his presence.