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Psalms 10

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¹ Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

² How they are destroyed in a moment! They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!

³ Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

⁴ When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],

⁵ Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

⁶ Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.

⁷ You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

⁸ Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

⁹ My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.

¹⁰ For behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.

¹¹ But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him, That I may tell of all Your works.

¹² A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

¹³ Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

¹⁴ Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

¹⁵ In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].

¹⁶ It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].

¹⁷ And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.

¹⁸ They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your[1] name.

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1	Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
2	How they are destroyed in a moment! They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
3	Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
4	When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],
5	Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
6	Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
7	You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to honor and glory.
8	Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
9	My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
10	For behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.
11	But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him, That I may tell of all Your works.
12	A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
13	Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
14	Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
15	In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].
16	It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].
17	And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.
18	They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your[1] name.

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