Psalms 10:2
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which 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 show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
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 →