Psalms 10:2
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'
Psalms 9:15(9-16) The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 36:11(36-12) Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalms 109:16Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will 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 →