16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(A)

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16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
He boasts(B) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(C)
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(D)
His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by[a] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(E)

His mouth is full(F) of lies and threats;(G)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(H)
He lies in wait(I) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(J)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(K)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(L)
10 His victims are crushed,(M) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(N)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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.

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.

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