Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said: 'Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
Psalms 35:21Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'
Psalms 49:11(49-12) Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their 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 →