## Psalms Chapter 10

###### Psalms 10:1
[Psalms 10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:1)

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה תַּעֲמֹ֣ד בְּרָח֑וֹק תַּ֝עְלִ֗ים לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why, O L rd, do You stand at a distance? Why do You hide [Your eyes] to times of affliction?


###### Psalms 10:2
[Psalms 10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:2)

בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ**׀** בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wicked in his pride hotly pursues the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The evil-doer, in his pride, pursued the poor. They [the poor] are seized in the plots that they [the wicked] contrived.


###### Psalms 10:3
[Psalms 10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:3)

כִּֽי־הִלֵּ֣ל רָ֭שָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ׀יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and the greedy wretch curses and renounces the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
["Why, O L rd, do You stand at a distance?"] For [now that You do,] the evil-doer vaunts himself [in having attained all] the lust of his soul, and the robber blesses [himself, saying that] he has despised the L rd [and will not be held accountable for it].


###### Psalms 10:4
[Psalms 10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:4)

רָשָׁ֗ע כְּגֹ֣בַהּ אַ֭פּוֹ בַּל־יִדְרֹ֑שׁ אֵ֥ין אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים כׇּל־מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance thinks, He will not seek out: all his thoughts are, God is not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The evil-doer, in the height of his vanity, [says to himself:] He [the L rd] will not inquire [into my deeds]. All of his thoughts are: There is no Judge.


###### Psalms 10:5
[Psalms 10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:5)

יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ דְרָכָ֨ו**׀** בְּכׇל־עֵ֗ת מָר֣וֹם מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹ כׇּל־צ֝וֹרְרָ֗יו יָפִ֥יחַ בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His ways are always strong; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he hisses at them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His ways prosper at all times. Your judgments [i.e., afflictions] are removed from him. All of his enemies — he whiffs them away.


###### Psalms 10:6
[Psalms 10:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:6)

אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבּוֹ בַּל־אֶמּ֑וֹט לְדֹ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־בְרָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He says in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He says in his heart: I will never fall. In all [of my] generations, evil will not [befall me].


###### Psalms 10:7
[Psalms 10:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:7)

אָלָ֤ה**׀** פִּ֣יהוּ מָ֭לֵא וּמִרְמ֣וֹת וָתֹ֑ךְ תַּ֥חַת לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹ עָמָ֥ל וָאָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His mouth is full of [false] oaths, deceit, and guile. Vanity and wickedness is beneath his tongue.


###### Psalms 10:8
[Psalms 10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:8)

יֵשֵׁ֤ב**׀** בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sits in the ambush of the courtyard and kills the clean one in concealment. His [Esav's] eyes lurk against Your host [Israel].


###### Psalms 10:9
[Psalms 10:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:9)

יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר**׀** כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמׇשְׁכ֥וֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He lies in wait secretly like a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor, when he draws him into his net.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He lurks in concealment as a lion in his lair. He lurks to snatch the poor one. He snatches the poor one, pulling him into his net.


###### Psalms 10:10
[Psalms 10:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:10)

(ודכה) [יִדְכֶּ֥ה] יָשֹׁ֑חַ וְנָפַ֥ל בַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יו (חלכאים) [חֵ֣ל כָּאִֽים]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The helpless collapse: they bow down, and fall into his power.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He crouches, he bends low, and there fall by his winks the host of the broken.


###### Psalms 10:11
[Psalms 10:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:11)

אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבּוֹ שָׁ֣כַֽח אֵ֑ל הִסְתִּ֥יר פָּ֝נָ֗יו בַּל־רָאָ֥ה לָנֶֽצַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He says in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He says in his heart that G d has forgotten, that He has concealed His countenance, [and that] He never sees.


###### Psalms 10:12
[Psalms 10:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:12)

קוּמָ֤ה יְהֹוָ֗ה אֵ֭ל נְשָׂ֣א יָדֶ֑ךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח (עניים) [עֲנָוִֽים]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Thy hand: forget not the humble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, O L rd, G d, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble.


###### Psalms 10:13
[Psalms 10:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:13)

עַל־מֶ֤ה**׀** נִאֵ֖ץ רָשָׁ֥ע׀אֱלֹהִ֑ים אָמַ֥ר בְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִדְרֹֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why does the wicked man renounce God? he says in his heart, Thou wilt not avenge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why does the evil-doer despise G d in his heart? [Because] he says in his heart that You do not seek out [his deeds].


###### Psalms 10:14
[Psalms 10:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:14)

רָאִ֡תָה כִּי־אַתָּ֤ה**׀** עָ֘מָ֤ל וָכַ֨עַס**׀** תַּבִּיט֮ לָתֵ֢ת בְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָ עָ֭לֶיךָ יַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵלֵ֑כָה יָ֝ת֗וֹם אַתָּ֤ה**׀** הָיִ֬יתָ עוֹזֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with Thy hand: the helpless man commits himself to Thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But] You have seen [his deeds (and yet do not [immediately] retaliate)]. For [it is Your way] to look on at the wrong and the wrath [of the evil-doers] and to give [them power] with Your [own] hand [to prosper in their wickedness]. Your host [Israel] leaves [the burden of punishment] to You, [knowing that] You have [always] aided the orphan.


###### Psalms 10:15
[Psalms 10:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:15)

שְׁ֭בֹר זְר֣וֹעַ רָשָׁ֑ע וָ֝רָ֗ע תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־רִשְׁע֥וֹ בַל־תִּמְצָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Break Thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till Thou find none left.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Break the arm of the wicked [Esav], and when You inquire after his [Israel's] evil, You will not find (it) [i.e., When the evil-doers of Israel see that the wicked of Esav are broken, they will leave off doing evil.]


###### Psalms 10:16
[Psalms 10:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:16)

יְהֹוָ֣ה מֶ֭לֶךְ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד אָבְד֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם מֵאַרְצֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd will be King forever, [after] the nations go lost from His land.


###### Psalms 10:17
[Psalms 10:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:17)

תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ יְהֹוָ֑ה תָּכִ֥ין לִ֝בָּ֗ם תַּקְשִׁ֥יב אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt strengthen their heart, Thou wilt cause Thy ear to hear:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The desire of the humble You have heard, O L rd; ready their hearts, let Your ears listen [to their prayers].


###### Psalms 10:18
[Psalms 10:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/10:18)

לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יָת֗וֹם וָ֫דָ֥ךְ בַּל־יוֹסִ֥יף ע֑וֹד לַעֲרֹ֥ץ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that none shall any longer terrify innocent men from the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To execute judgment on behalf of the orphan and the broken [i.e., Israel], so that he [Yishmael and Esav] no longer break the afflicted from the earth.