Psalms 10:1
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
Job 34:29For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?
Psalms 22:1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.
Psalms 30:7And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.
Psalms 44:25For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Psalms 88:14But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
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 →