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He lies in ambush secretly,[a] like a lion in a thicket.
He lies in ambush to seize the poor;
he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.
10 He is crushed;[b] he is bowed down;[c]
so[d] the helpless host[e] falls by his might.[f]
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
He has hidden his face.
He never sees.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:9 Literally “in the secret places”
  2. Psalm 10:10 Or “and he the wicked stoops”
  3. Psalm 10:10 Or “he the wicked crouches”
  4. Psalm 10:10 Or “and”
  5. Psalm 10:10 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  6. Psalm 10:10 Literally “mighty ones”