1. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

2. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) hide your - self in trou-blous times? In ar-ro-gance the wick-ed

3. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) trap the poor; Let them be caught in schemes they have devised.

4. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

5. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) -ous re - nounc - es, spurns the Lord. In pride the wick-ed sees no

6. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) need to seek; In all his thoughts he says, “There is no God.”

7. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

8. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) foes he on - ly puffs in scorn. In heart he thinks, “I ne-ver

9. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) shall be moved; Through ag - es all no e – vil shall I meet.”

10. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

11. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) tongue are e - vil thoughts and deeds. He sits in am-bush mid the

12. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) vil - lage homes; The in - no - cent he mur-ders se - cret - ly.

13. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

14. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) li - on crou-ches in his den. He hides him-self that he may

15. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) seize the poor; To seize the poor he traps him in his net.

16. 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, 10A Music: Abide With Me, William H. Monk

17. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) made him fall be-neath his might. In heart he thinks, “God has for-

18. Psalm 10:1-11 (Tune: Abide With Me) got-ten this; He hid His face, so He will ne-ver see.