Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
King James Version
In Context
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms 109:16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress 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 →