Psalms 10:4

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

In Context

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

5His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said: 'Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.'

Job 22:17Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?

Psalms 18:27(18-28) For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.

Psalms 36:1(36-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. (36-2) Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks — there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalms 73:11And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

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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