DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18

(KJV) Psalms 10:1-18

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? ² The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. ³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. ⁴ The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. ⁵ His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. ⁶ He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. ⁸ He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. ⁹ He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. ¹⁰ He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. ¹¹ He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. ¹² Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. ¹³ Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 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. ¹⁵ Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. ¹⁶ The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. ¹⁷ Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: ¹⁸ To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

This prayer is a cry to understand why God delays His justice (the cry of those killed for their faith in Christ in Revelation 6:9; Revelation 6:10) and allows wicked people to succeed. Our present age seems to be filled with injustice and all sorts of evil, and God often seems to “stand far off,” letting the ungodly go their own way without being punished. While God’s people should continue to pray that He will stop evil and suffering, they can rest assured that a day of justice and judgment is coming. Until then, the Lord will lift up those who trust Him (Psalms 10:17-18).

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1. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
2. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
3. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
4. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
5. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
6. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
7. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
8. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
9. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
10. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
11. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
12. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
13. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
14. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
15. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
16. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
17. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
18. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
19. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
20. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
21. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
22. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
23. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
24. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
25. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
26. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
27. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
28. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
29. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
30. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
31. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
32. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
33. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
34. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
35. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
36. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
37. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
38. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
39. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
40. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
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DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18

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This prayer is a cry to understand why God delays His justice (the cry of those killed for their faith in Christ in Revelation 6:9-10) and allows wicked people to succeed.

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Margarita Crews

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