#Psalmtweet #Psalter 10:1 Acrostic 1 part 2

Psalm 10 is the continuation of Psalm 9, the second half of a broken acrostic.

Whether this psalm as a children's game is deliberately broken or is an accident of textual transmission, I don't know. It is curious however, that the four acrostics in book 1 are all missing one letter or another, and the four of book 5 are not missing any verses. The game is played in Lamentations also. The first four chapters are acrostics - with the special note that peh (p) and ayin (y) are reversed in each chapter. There is an acrostic also in Proverbs 31 -- all worth reading. The sentiment in this 'l' verse is clear for all to understand.

There is no inscription for this psalm. This is true (in Book 1 Psalms 1-41), for Psalms 1, 2, and 33. All others are 'of / to  / for David'.

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תַּעֲמֹ֣ד בְּרָח֑וֹק תַּ֝עְלִ֗ים לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה		1 LORD why do you stand in the distance, obscure in times of trouble?
a lmh ihvh tymod brkoq tylim lyitot bxrh	10 8	lmh ihvh t/ymd b/rkq t/ylm l/yt\vt b/xr\h