Psalms 10:12–18
The Lord is the eternal King who breaks the power of the wicked and vindicates the fatherless.
12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”
14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
16 Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
17 Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
The Lord is the eternal King who breaks the power of the wicked and vindicates the fatherless.
To conclude the lament with a bold petition for divine intervention, reaffirming God’s eternal kingship and His role as the protector of the marginalized.