Psalms 10:10

10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

Psalms 10:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
The Message Bible (MSG)
10 The hapless fool is kicked to the ground, the unlucky victim is brutally axed.
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 [His] victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under [the weight of] his power.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
10 He crouches and bends down; the helpless fall because of his strength.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 Those they have attacked are beaten up. They fall to the ground. They fall because their attackers are too strong for them.

Psalms 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 10:10

He croucheth [and] humbleth himself
As the lion before he leaps and seizes on his prey, and as the fowler creepeth upon the ground to draw the bird into his net and catch it; so the antichristian beast has two horns like a lamb; though he has the mouth of a lion, and speaks like a dragon, he would be thought to be like the Lamb of God, meek, and lowly, and humble, and therefore calls himself "servus servorum", "the servant of servants"; but his end is,

that the poor may fall by his strong ones;
the word for "poor" is here used, as before observed on ( Psalms 10:8 ) , in the plural number, and is read by the Masorites as two words, though it is written as one, and is by them and other Jewish writers F8 interpreted a multitude, company, or army of poor ones, whose strength is worn out; these weak and feeble ones antichrist causes to fall by his strong ones; either by his strong decrees, cruel edicts, and severe punishments, as by sword, by flame, by captivity and by spoils, ( Daniel 11:33 ) ; or by the kings of the earth and their armies, their mighty men of war, their soldiers, whom he instigates and influences to persecute their subjects, who will not receive his mark in their right hands or foreheads, ( Revelation 13:15-17 ) ( Revelation 17:12 Revelation 17:13 ) . It is very observable, that those persecuted by antichrist are so often in this prophetic psalm called "poor"; and it is also remarkable, that there were a set of men in the darkest times of Popery, and who were persecuted by the Papists, called the "poor" men of Lyons: the whole verse may be rendered and paraphrased thus, "he tears in pieces", that is, the poor, whom he catches in his net; "he boweth himself", as the lion does, as before observed; "that he may fall", or rush upon; with his strong ones, his mighty armies, "upon the multitude of the poor".


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Jarchi, Kimchi, & Ben Melech in loc.

Psalms 10:10 In-Context

8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
9 like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”
12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

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