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X: 1
T: Why do You stand far off O Lord?
C: Psalm 10, Music by Stuart D. Gathman
C: Copyright 2026: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
M: C
L: 1/4
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K: Em
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w:Why|do You stand far|off O Lord? Why do|You hide Your-self in|times of trou-ble? 2~The|
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w:wick-ed in his|pride per-se-cutes the|poor: let them be|ta-ken in the de-|vi-ces they have i-|
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w:ma-gined. 3~For the|wick-ed boasts of his|heart's de-sire,* and|bles-ses the gree-dy, whom the|
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w:LORD ab-horrs. 4~The|wick-ed, with his|nose in the air, will|not seek af-ter|
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w:God: God is|not in his thoughts at|all. 5~His|ways are al-ways|griev-ous; Your|
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w:judg-ments far out of his|sight:|as for all his|e-ne-mies,|he sneers at|
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w:them. 6~He has|said in his heart, I shall|not be moved: for|I'll ne-ver be in ad-|
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w:ver-si-ty. 7~His|mouth is full of|cur-sing, de-ceit and|fraud:|
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w:un-der his tongue is|mis-chief and va-ni-|ty. 8~He|sits in the lurk-ing|
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w:plac-es of the|vil-lag-es: in the|se-cret plac-es|there he mur-ders the|in-no-cent: his|
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w:eyes are stealth-i-ly|watch-ing for the|mark. 9~He|lies in wait|se-cret-ly as a|
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w:li-on in his|den: he|lies in wait to|catch the poor: he|catch-es the poor, when he|
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w:draws him in-to his|net. 10~He|crouch-es, and acts|hum-ble, that the|mark may fall by his|
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w:strong men. 11~He has|said in his heart, God|has for-got-ten: He|hides His face; he'll|
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w:ne-ver see it. 12~A-|rise, O LORD; O|God, lift up Your|hand: for-get not the|hum-ble. |
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w:13~Why do the wick-ed|con-temn God? he has|said in his heart, You will|not re-quire it.|
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w:14~You've seen it; for|You be-hold mis-chief and|spite, to re-quite it|by Your hand: the|
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w:mark com-mits him-|self un-to You; You|are the help-er of the|fa-ther-less.|
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w:15~Break the arm of the|wick-ed and the|e-vil man: seek|out his wick-ed-ness|'till you find no|more. 16~The|
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w:LORD is King for|e-ver and e-ver: the|hea-then are per-ished|out of His land.|
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w:17~LORD, You've heard the de-|sire of the hum-ble:|You will pre-pare their|heart, You will|cause Your ear to|
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w:hear: 18~To|judge the fa-ther-less|and the op-pressed, that the|men of the|earth may|no more ter-ri-|fy.|