Psalms 10:3-13

3 For the wicked 1boasts of his 2heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and 3spurns the LORD.
4 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, 4does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, "5There is no God."
5 His ways 6prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, 7out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
6 He says to himself, "8I will not be moved; Throughout all generations 9I will not be in adversity."
7 His 10mouth is full of curses and deceit and 11oppression; 12Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
8 He sits in the 13lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he 14kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the 15unfortunate.
9 He lurks in a hiding place as 16a lion in his lair; He 17lurks to catch 18the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his 19net.
10 He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
11 He 20says to himself, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never * see it."
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, 21lift up Your hand. 22Do not forget the afflicted.
13 Why * has the wicked 23spurned God? He has said to himself, "You will not require it."

Psalms 10:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 10

This psalm in the Septuagint version, and those that follow it, is a part and continuation of the preceding psalm, and makes but one with it; hence in these versions the number of the following psalms differ from others, and what is the eleventh with others is the tenth with them, and so on to the hundred fourteenth and one hundred fifteenth, which also are put into one; but in order to make up the whole number of one hundred and fifty, the hundred sixteenth and the hundred forty seventh are both divided into two; and indeed the subject of this psalm is much the same with the former. Antichrist and antichristian times are very manifestly described; the impiety, blasphemy, and atheism of the man of sin; his pride, haughtiness, boasting of himself, and presumption of security; his persecution of the poor, and murder of innocents, are plainly pointed at; nor does the character of the man of the earth agree to well to any as to him: his times are times of trouble; but at the end of them the kingdom of Christ will appear in great glory, when the Gentiles, the antichristian nations, will perish out of his land, Ps 10:1-11,16,18.

Cross References 23

Footnotes 11

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