Psalms
Psalms 10:1–4
While God appears to hide His face, the wicked boast in their cravings and exclude God from all their thoughts.
Psalms 10:1–4 (WEB)
1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Central Idea
While God appears to hide His face, the wicked boast in their cravings and exclude God from all their thoughts.
Authorial Intent
To express the agonizing sense of divine absence during times of oppression and to expose the internal arrogance and practical atheism of the wicked.