Psalm 10 begins with one of Scripture’s most honest questions: “Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?”

It is a psalm for moments when evil appears confident, the vulnerable seem forgotten, and God feels painfully distant. Closely connected to Psalm 9, Psalm 10 continues the struggle between what faith knows and what the heart sometimes feels. Psalm 9 celebrates the God who remembers. Psalm 10 asks why that remembering can be so difficult to see.

The psalmist describes the inner creed of the wicked: I will never be shaken. God has forgotten. No one will hold me accountable. Pride becomes a kind of private sermon, repeated until cruelty feels safe and judgment seems impossible.

Then, in verse 14, the psalm turns with four quiet words: “But You do see.”

God sees the injustice. He sees the grief it causes. He hears the desires of the afflicted, strengthens their hearts, and defends the fatherless. The psalm does not pretend that God never feels distant. Instead, it teaches us what to do with that distance: speak honestly, cry out boldly, and keep directing our questions toward Him.

In this reflective meditation, we will sit with the silence, name the ache, and remember that lament is not the absence of faith. Even the question “Where are You?” can become a prayer.

The oppressor is only a mortal made from dust.

But the Lord is King forever and ever.

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