Psalms 10:1
Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Cross References
Job 13:24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Job 34:29And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
Psalms 22:1To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' — A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?
Psalms 30:7O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face — I have been troubled.
Psalms 44:25For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
Psalms 88:14Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:1
The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm, I. David complains of the wickedness of the wicked, describes the dreadful pitch of impiety at which they had arrived (to the great dishonour of God and the prejudice of his church and people), and notices the delay of God's appearing against them, ver. 1-11 . II. He prays to God to appear against them for the relief of his… Read the whole commentary →