Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30And I will lay waste your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
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 →