Psalms 10:2
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater then all the gods: for as they haue dealt proudly with them, so are they recompensed.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
Psalms 36:11Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.
Psalms 109:16Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
Psalms 119:69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:122Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse 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 →