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Psalm 10:5

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5 Zijn wegen maken ten allen tijde smarte; Uw oordelen zijn een hoogte, verre van hem; al zijn tegenpartijders, die blaast hij aan.

Psalm 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 10:5

His ways are always grievous
To God and to his people; or, "his ways cause terror" F1, so Aben Ezra; make men fear; as antichrist has made the whole world tremble at him, ( Revelation 13:4 ) ; or, "his ways are defiled", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin render it; for to him is nothing pure, his mind and conscience being defiled, ( Titus 1:15 ) ; or, "his ways always remain" F2; they are always the same, there is no change in them for the better: or they "prosper" F3 as Jarchi interprets it; and this is sometimes stumbling to the saints, ( Jeremiah 12:1 ) ( Psalms 73:2 Psalms 73:3 ) ;

thy judgments [are] far above, out of his sight:
meaning either the laws, statutes, and commandments of God, which are not taken notice of by him; but his own decrees or orders are set in the room of them; or the examples of punishment inflicted on wicked men, as on the old world, on Sodom and Gomorrah, the Egyptians, and other nations; these are not regarded, when they should be a terror to him;

[as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them;
who are the poor saints, and are looked upon by antichrist as feeble creatures, and all their efforts against him and his kingdom are treated with contempt: he blows upon them, and suggests that he can cause them to fall with the breath of his mouth, or strike them down with a straw or a feather; see ( Psalms 12:6 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (wlyxy) "terrent", Cocceius.
F2 "Permanent sive perdurant", Lutherus, Gejerus.
F3 "Prosperantur", Musculus, Calvin, Ainsworth, Piscator.
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Psalm 10:5 In-Context

3 Want de goddeloze roemt over den wens zijner ziel; hij zegent den gierigaard, hij lastert den HEERE.
4 De goddeloze, gelijk hij zijn neus omhoog steekt, onderzoekt niet; al zijn gedachten zijn, dat er geen God is.
5 Zijn wegen maken ten allen tijde smarte; Uw oordelen zijn een hoogte, verre van hem; al zijn tegenpartijders, die blaast hij aan.
6 Hij zegt in zijn hart; Ik zal niet wankelen; want ik zal van geslacht tot geslacht in geen kwaad zijn.
7 Zijn mond is vol van vloek, en bedriegerijen, en list; onder zijn tong is moeite en ongerechtigheid.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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