Psalms 10:11
He saith in his heart, “God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
In Context
10He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.
12Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!
Cross References
Job 22:13Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?
Psalms 59:8Yet thou, O LORD! wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt hold all the nations in derision!
Psalms 64:6They meditate crimes: “We have finished,” say they, “our plans!” The heart and bosom of every one of them are deep.
Psalms 94:7And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
Ezekiel 8:12Then said he to me: Son of man, seest thou what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each one in his image-chamber? For they say, “Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.”
Hosea 7:2And they think not in their hearts, That I remember all their wickedness. Now shall their doings encompass them; They are before my face.
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 →