Psalms 10:4

The wicked, according to the pride of his wrathfulness, [saith,] He will not require, There is no God [in] all his plans.

Leeser Tanakh

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 the longing of his soul, and the robber blesseth himself when he hath despised the Lord.

5Prosperous are his ways at all times; far in the height [remain] thy punishments away from him: all his assailants—he puffeth at them.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Everlasting, whose voice I am to obey, to let Israel go? I know not the Everlasting, nor will I let Israel go.

Job 22:17Who said unto God, “'Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for them?

Psalms 18:27(18:28) For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

Psalms 36:1“To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David.” (36:2) Saith vice itself to the wicked—so I feel it within my heart— that he should have no dread of God before his eyes.

Psalms 73:11And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, 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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