Psalms 10:1

Psalm 10 1 

10:1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?

Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble? 2 

Psalms 22:11

22:11 Do not remain far away from me,

for trouble is near and I have no one to help me. 3 

Psalms 22:19

22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!

You are my source of strength! 4  Hurry and help me! 5 

Psalms 38:21

38:21 Do not abandon me, O Lord!

My God, do not remain far away from me!

Psalms 71:12

71:12 O God, do not remain far away from me!

My God, hurry and help me! 6 

Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: 7 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, 8 

1 sn Psalm 10. Many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version (LXX) combine Psalms 9 and 10 into a single psalm. Taken in isolation, Psalm 10 is a petition for help in which the psalmist urges the Lord to deliver him from his dangerous enemies, whom he describes in vivid and terrifying detail. The psalmist concludes with confidence; he is certain that God’s justice will prevail.

2 tn Heb “you hide for times in trouble.” The interrogative “why” is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The Hiphil verbal form “hide” has no expressed object. Some supply “your eyes” by ellipsis (see BDB 761 s.v. I עָלַם Hiph and HALOT 835 s.v. I עלם hif) or emend the form to a Niphal (“you hide yourself,” see BHS, note c; cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV).

3 tn Heb “and there is no helper.”

4 tn Heb “O my strength.”

5 tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

6 tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

7 tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

8 tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”