Psalms 10:2
Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
3The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire; The rapacious renounceth and contemneth Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come upon me, Nor the hand of the wicked remove me!
Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to show pity, But persecuted the afflicted and the poor man, And sought the death of the broken-hearted.
Psalms 119:69The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
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 →