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Ezra Chapter 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in

2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek

5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of

6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret

9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait

10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by

11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out

17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the