Psalms 10:8
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
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In Context
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Cross References
Judges 9:25The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them; and Abimelech was told about it.
1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Jeremiah 22:17But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
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 →