Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasts of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
In Context
4in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.
Cross References
Psalms 35:21With wide open mouths they shout, “Hurrah! Hurrah! With our own eyes we saw it.”
Psalms 49:11The grave is their everlasting home, the place they shall live in for ever and ever, though after their own names they called whole lands.
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 →