Psalms 10:9-18

9 He lurks in a hiding place as ¹a lion in his lair; He ²lurks to catch ³the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his ⁴net.

10 He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.

11 He ⁵says to himself, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never * see it."

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, ⁶lift up Your hand. ⁷Do not forget the afflicted.

13 Why * has the wicked ⁸spurned God? He has said to himself, "You will not require it."

14 You have seen it, for You have beheld ⁹mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The ¹⁰unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the ¹¹helper of the orphan.

15 ¹²Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, ¹³Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

16 The LORD is ¹⁴King forever and ever; ¹⁵Nations have perished from His land.

17 O LORD, You have heard the ¹⁶desire of the humble; You will ¹⁷strengthen their heart, ¹⁸You will incline Your ear

18 To vindicate the ¹⁹orphan and the ²⁰oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer * cause ²¹terror.

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Psalms 10:9-18 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 21

1. Psalms 17:12
2. Psalms 59:3; Micah 7:2
3. Psalms 10:2
4. Psalms 140:5
5. Psalms 10:4
6. Psalms 17:7; Micah 5:9
7. Psalms 9:12
8. Psalms 10:3
9. Psalms 10:7
10. Psalms 22:11
11. Psalms 68:5
12. Psalms 37:17
13. Psalms 140:11
14. Psalms 29:10
15. Deuteronomy 8:20
16. Psalms 9:18
17. 1 Chronicles 29:18
18. Psalms 34:15
19. Psalms 146:9
20. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 74:21
21. Isaiah 29:20

Footnotes 10

[a]. Or "thicket"
[b]. Or "is crushed"
[c]. Or "is bowed down"
[d]. Or "poor"
[e]. Or "into his claws"
[f]. Lit "put, give"
[g]. Or "poor"
[h]. Or "May You seek"
[i]. Or "afflicted"
[j]. Lit "judge"