Psalms 10:2-11

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

Psalms 10:2-11 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 22

Footnotes 13

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