Psalms 10 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 10:1
KJVWhy standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
WEBWhy do you stand far off, Yahweh?
YLTWhy, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
Psalms 10:2
KJVThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
WEBIn arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.
YLTThrough the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalms 10:3
KJVFor the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
WEBFor the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.
YLTBecause the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
Psalms 10:4
KJVThe wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
WEBThe wicked, in the pride of his face,
YLTThe wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' [are] all his devices.
Psalms 10:5
KJVHis ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
WEBHis ways are prosperous at all times.
YLTPain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.
Psalms 10:6
KJVHe hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
WEBHe says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken.
YLTHe hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
Psalms 10:7
KJVHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
WEBHis mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
YLTOf oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
Psalms 10:8
KJVHe 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.
WEBHe lies in wait near the villages.
YLTHe doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
Psalms 10:9
KJVHe 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.
WEBHe lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.
YLTHe lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
Psalms 10:10
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Psalms 10:11
KJVHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
WEBHe says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
YLTHe said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
Psalms 10:12
KJVArise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
WEBArise, Yahweh!
YLTArise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
Psalms 10:13
KJVWherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
WEBWhy does the wicked person condemn God,
YLTWherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'
Psalms 10:14
KJVThou 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.
WEBBut you do see trouble and grief.
YLTThou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
Psalms 10:15
KJVBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
WEBBreak the arm of the wicked.
YLTBreak the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Psalms 10:16
KJVThe Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
WEBYahweh is King forever and ever!
YLTJehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Psalms 10:17
KJVLord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
WEBYahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble.
YLTThe desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
Psalms 10:18
KJVTo judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
WEBto judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
YLTTo judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!
18 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT