Psalms 10:9
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
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In Context
10The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
Cross References
Job 5:15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
Psalms 59:3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
Proverbs 22:16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
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 →