Psalm 10:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 They wait in ambush near towns;
their eyes watch for the helpless
to murder the innocent in secret.(A)
9 They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket,
hide there to trap the poor,
snare them and close the net.(B)
10 The helpless are crushed, laid low;
they fall into the power of the wicked,
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