Psalms 10:2
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
Psalms 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:2-12
The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far… Read the whole commentary →