Psalms 10:3
For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
In Context
4The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30I will also destroy your hye places, and cut away your images, and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles, and my soule shall abhorre you.
Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord then sawe it, and was angrie, for the prouocation of his sonnes and of his daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21Then Saul said, Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye haue had compassion on mee.
Job 31:24If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
Psalms 35:21And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.
Psalms 49:11Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.
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 →