Psalms 10:3

For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

In Context

2For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot + 10:2 Gr. in dark moon, or little moonlight, q. d. luce malignâ.privily at the upright in heart.

4The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:30And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.

Deuteronomy 32:19And the Lord saw, and was jealous; and was provoked by the anger of his sons and daughters,

1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.

Job 31:24If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

Psalms 49:11I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

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 →

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