Psalms 10:1-2
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble? In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 10
5 songs meet this passage
“Swastikas and the police, hang a nigga, swanging rope”
Kody Blu 31 · JID
resonates with Psalms 10:1-2
The lament over racial violence and feeling hunted echoes the psalmist's cry against oppression and the sense of God's seeming distance.
“I watch folks get popped cause they ain't from around here”
My Hood (Full Mix) · Suni Clay
resonates with Psalms 10:1-2
The psalmist's cry over violence against the vulnerable mirrors this song's unflinching account of life under threat.
“somebody keep telling me, Don't hang around”
A Change Is Gonna Come · Sam Cooke
resonates with Psalms 10:1-2
The cry against being pushed aside and unseen reflects the psalmist's complaint against the proud who afflict the vulnerable.
“We are the angry and the desperate”
Prayer of the Refugee · Rise Against
resonates with Psalms 10:1-4
The cry of the oppressed and overlooked, wondering why the powerful seem untouched, resonates with this verse of lament against injustice.
White Man'z World · Makaveli
resonates with Psalms 10:1-4
The song's cry against a world stacked against the poor and oppressed mirrors the psalmist's lament over injustice and the arrogance of the powerful.