1. Why do you stand so far aw - ay, Oh Lord? Why do you

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

hide your - self in trou-blous times? In ar-ro-gance the wick-ed

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

trap the poor; Let them be caught in schemes they have devised.

2. The wick - ed boasts ab - out his heart’s desires; The cov - et

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

-ous re - nounc - es , spurns the Lord. In pride the wick-ed sees no

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

need to seek; In all his thoughts he says, “There is no God.”

3. He’s self-as-sured, Your judg-ments far from him. At all his

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

foes he on - ly puffs in scorn. In heart he thinks, “I ne-ver

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

shall be moved; Through ag - es all no e – vil shall I meet.”

4. His mouth is filled with oaths and lies and threats: Be-neath his

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

tongue are e - vil thoughts and deeds. He sits in am-bush mid the

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

vil - lage homes; The in - no - cent he mur-ders se - cret - ly.

5. In stealth he wa-tches for some hap-less one. He like a

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

li - on crou-ches in his den. He hides him-self that he may

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

seize the poor; To seize the poor he traps him in his net.

6. The hap-less one he cru-shes, tram-ples down, When he has

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

Text: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 10AMusic: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

made him fall be-neath his might. In heart he thinks, “God has for-

Psalm 10:1-11(Tune: Abide With Me)

got-ten this; He hid His face, so He will ne-ver see.