Psalms 10:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
2I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”
Cross References
Job 13:24Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?
Job 34:29For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?
Psalms 22:1A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me.
Psalms 30:7You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.
Psalms 88:14Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:1
The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm, I. David complains of the wickedness of the wicked, describes the dreadful pitch of impiety at which they had arrived (to the great dishonour of God and the prejudice of his church and people), and notices the delay of God's appearing against them, ver. 1-11 . II. He prays to God to appear against them for the relief of his… Read the whole commentary →