Psalm 10: A Prayer For Justice In A Broken World

Psalm 10: A Prayer For Justice In A Broken World

Psalm 10:1 Why standest thou a far off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psalm 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Psalm 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity

Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the pdlpr, when he draweth him into his net.

Psalm 10:10 He crouched, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

Psalm 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Psalm 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn. God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Psalm 10:14 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.

Psalm 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Psalm 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Psalm 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man ofthe earth may no more oppress.

Psalm 11: Faith In God Amidst Life’s Turmoil

Psalm 11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Psalm 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart

Psalm 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Psalm 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright

Psalm 12: A Prayer For Deliverance From Deception

Psalm 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men,

Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Psalm 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Psalm 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever.

Psalm 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.