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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · January 7, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 4

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PARAPHRASE OF PSALM X.

By E. S. W.

1. O Lord, come near, I pray, hear my appeal, In trouble why dost thou thyself conceal?
2. The wicked in his pride and loftiness, The poor and needy doth so oft oppress. Mete out to him the same device in kind, That he for others measures in his mind.
3. The wicked in his haughtiness doth boast Of all his heart's desire, which he loves most. The covetous in his own strength relies, The blessings of the Lord he doth despise.
4. The wicked in his pride, by act nor word Will neither seek unto nor praise the Lord; And in his thoughts and actions he doth say, There is no God, that I to him should pray;
5. He finds no peace in all his evil deeds, Thy judgments high above, he never heeds; And those who with him go not nor agree, He puffeth at and counts his enemy.
6. He in his heart unto himself doth say, As I have always been and am this day, So will remain and thus shall ever be, I never shall be in adversity.
7. With cursing and with fraud his mouth is filled, And 'neath his tongue mischief and pride concealed,
8. In village lurking-places he doth sit, And in the secret places lies in wait; He sets his eyes against the poor, intent Upon the murder of the innocent.
9. Like as fierce lions crouched within their lairs, He lies in wait and sets his traps and snares; And when the poor are taken in his net, He also takes their life without regret.
10. He stoopeth low and false pretensions makes, And thus the poor he by his strong ones takes.
11. He vainly thinks that God will not requite The evil ways committed in his sight; And that he does not hear his people's plea, But hides his face from them and will not see.
12. Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up thy hand, And keep in mind the humble in the land.
13. Wherefore doth now the wicked God contemn? They say thou wilt require it not of them.
14. Thou dost behold their mischief and their spite, And with thy hand thou wilt their deeds requite. Unto the fatherless thou art a friend, The poor and needy thou wilt sure defend.
15. Destroy the power where sin and guilt abound, Seek out their wickedness till none be found.
16. The Lord is King! rejoice on every hand; The heathen all are driven from his land.
17. O Lord, our God, thou dost incline thine ear, The humble, penitential cry to hear; And thou, the heart that after thee doth pant, Wilt safe direct, and all requests wilt grant.
18. Thou also wilt the fatherless defend, And overthrow oppressors in the end. The poor and humble wilt sustain and bless, So that the man of earth may not oppress. E. S. W.