Psalms 10:3
Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
In Context
2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you;
Deuteronomy 32:19And Jehovah seeth and despiseth — For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul saith, 'Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;
Job 31:24If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'
Psalms 35:21And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
Psalms 49:11Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
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 →