Psalm 10 - Yahweh Is King.. by Shane Heilman Why do You stand so far away, Yahweh? Why do You hide Yourself in troubled times? For the wicked in their pride oppress and rob the poor Let them be caught in the schemes they have devised For the wicked boast about their hearts’ desire They celebrate greed and reject the LORD For the wicked in their pride refuse to seek Him All of their thoughts are, “There is no God” And his ways seem to prosper all the time Your judgments are too high, they’re out of his sight As for his enemies, he laughs at them Says to himself, “I will always be rich” And his mouth is full of lies He makes promises, but under his tongue he hides his intentions And he lurks in the shadows watching for a means of gain And where no one can see, he kills the innocent And like a lion lurking in his lair He pounces on the helpless when they fall into his trap And his claws sink into his prey He says to himself that God has forgotten, He’s hidden His face, he will never see it, no no Arise, arise O LORD Arise, arise! Arise, O LORD, lift up Your hand, O God Do not forget the oppressed Why have the wicked spurned God? They have said to themselves You will not avenge But You will avenge, You’ve seen the injustice, You’ve seen the suffering Of the lowly, who place their fate in Your hands For You have always been the helper of the orphan O, break the arm of the wicked Seek out their wickedness until You find no more Seek out their wickedness until You find no more Seek and destroy! Seek and destroy their evil! Seek and destroy! Seek and destroy injustice! Yahweh is king forever, Yahweh is king forever Yahweh is king forever, Yahweh is king forever Yahweh is king forever, His enemies come and go LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble You will strengthen their heart, and You will incline Your ear It’s justice for the orphan and the oppressed so that man who is of the earth So that man who is of the earth So that man who is of the earth So that man who is of the earth Shall no longer oppress Shall no longer oppress Shall no longer oppress Lift up Your hand, lift up Your hand