Psalms 10:4

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

In Context

3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

5Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2and Pharaoh saith, 'Who [is] Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

Job 22:17Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

Psalms 18:27For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

Psalms 36:1To the Overseer. — By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Psalms 73:11And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Proverbs 6:17Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —

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 →

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