Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 10:4
Countenance — So called, because though pride be properly seated in the heart, yet it is manifest in the countenance.
Countenance — So called, because though pride be properly seated in the heart, yet it is manifest in the countenance.
Verse Psalms 10:4. _WILL NOT SEEK_ AFTER GOD] He is too _proud_ to bend his knee before his Judge; he is too haughty to put on sackcloth, and lay himself in the dust, though without deep repentance an...
THE WICKED, THROUGH THE PRIDE OF HIS COUNTENANCE - In consequence of his pride; or, his pride is the reason of what is here stated. The “pride of his countenance” is a phrase that is used because prid...
Psalms 10 _ 1. The cry of Jehovah and what causeth it (Psalms 10:1)_ 2. That wicked one (Psalms 10:3) 3. Prayer for divine Intervention: Faith's Vision ...
9 AND 10. YAHWEH THE REFUGE OF HIS PEOPLE. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10, a...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ i.e. "no sign of God in all his thoughts"....
THE WICKED, &C.— _The wicked in the haughtiness of his looks saith, God will never_ {_require:_ / _inquire:_} _all his thoughts are without God._ The Psalmist in this verse has given us the true chara...
PSALMS 9:10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Kingship of Jehovah in Zion Finally Triumphant over a League between the Nations and the Lawless One. ANALYSIS These two psalms are bound together as originally on...
_THE WICKED, THROUGH THE PRIDE OF HIS COUNTENANCE, WILL NOT SEEK AFTER GOD: GOD IS NOT IN ALL HIS THOUGHTS._ The wicked, through the pride of his countenance (literally, the height of his nose) will...
10:4 out. (b-14) Or 'The wicked in his haughtiness doth not seek [God];' or 'troubleth himself for nothing.'...
This Ps. has no title. Its relationship to Psalms 9 has been discussed in intro. to that Ps. It reflects a time of great social disorder, in which wickedness and violence are rampant, and the righteou...
WILL NOT SEEK, etc.] RV '_saith_, He (God) will not require _it_': see Psalms 10:13. GOD _is_ NOT, etc.] RV 'all his thoughts are, There is no God.'...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE WICKED. — The Authorised Version has quite missed the meaning of this verse. Translate, _the wicked in his haughtiness_ (literally, _height of his nostril._ Comp. the common expression, ‘to turn u...
רָשָׁ֗ע כְּ גֹ֣בַהּ אַ֭פֹּו בַּל ־יִדְרֹ֑שׁ א
Psalms 10:1 Psalms 9:1; Psalms 10:1 are alike in their imperfectly acrostic structure, the occurrence of certain phrases- _ e.g._, the very uncommon expression for "times of trouble,...
GOD WILL NOT FORGET THE LOWLY Psalms 10:1 The malice of our foes, and especially of Satan, is powerfully described, Psalms 10:1. Now it is the venom beneath the serpent's tongue, Psalms 10:7; now the...
In the Septuagint and other versions, probably the ancient Hebrew, Psalms 9:1; Psa 10:1-18 appear as one. There is a clear connection between them, but it is that of contrast. In the former the singer...
Made. In choosing me for king, Hebrew, "the foundations are, or shall be destroyed; and what shall the just do? or, what has the just man done?" The foundations, both of religion and of the kingdom, d...
Here the picture of the ungodly is finished, and an awful finishing it is. Hatred to God, despising his laws, his ways, his judgments; and, more especially, a bitterness towards that plan of salvation...
4._The ungodly, in the pride of his countenance, etc _Others translate the words, _The ungodly man, by reason of the violence of his anger, _or, _in the pride which he displays, does not inquire after...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 9 AND 10. In Psalms 9 and 10 we enter historically on the circumstances of the remnant in the last days in the land. The great principles having been laid down ...
THE WICKED, THROUGH THE PRIDE OF HIS COUNTENANCE, WILL NOT SEEK [AFTER GOD],.... We supply it, "after God"; as do the Targum and Kimchi on the place: the sense is, he will not seek to God for counsel...
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts. Ver. 4. _The wicked, through the pride of his countenance_] That is, of his heart, appea...
_The wicked, through the pride of his countenance_ By which he scorns to stoop to God, or to own any superior, but makes himself his last end, and his own will and lust his only rule; and is full of s...
PRAYER AGAINST THE ENEMY OF THE CHURCH. Luther writes in his summary of this psalm: "This is a psalm of prayer which complains about the arch-enemy of the kingdom of Christ, that is, Antichrist, who...
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, the fact that he literally carries his nose high, in haughty disdain and contempt of God, WILL NOT SEEK AFTER GOD; GOD IS NOT IN ALL HIS THOUGHTS. Tho...
1-11 God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate wor...
THROUGH THE PRIDE; by which he scorns to stoop to God, or to own any superior, and makes himself and his own lusts his only rule, and his last end, and is full of self-confidence, and a conceit of his...
Psalms 10:4 wicked H7563 proud H1363 countenance H639 seek H1875 (H8799) God H430 thoughts H4209 the pride -...
‘For the unrighteous man boasts of his heart's desire, And the man who is greedy for gain renounces, yes, passes judgment on YHWH. The wicked, in the pride of his demeanour, says, He will not requir...
CONTENTS: The psalmist meditates on the wicked and desires to see them humbled under God's hand. CHARACTERS: Psalmist, God. CONCLUSION: The Christian cannot but lay to heart that which is offensive...
Psalms 10:1. _Why standest thou afar off, oh Lord?_ This is the prayer of David against some very wicked and neighbouring prince, who through pride and thirst for gold, was lurking like a lion, and mu...
_The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God._ THE WICKED, FROM PRIDE, REFUSE TO SEEK GOD In this Psalm we have a full-length portrait of a careless, unawakened sinner,...
_Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord?_ A THEOLOGICAL DIFFICULTY, A HAUGHTY IMPIETY, AN EARNEST PRAYER I. A theological difficulty. “Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord?” Some great enormity was now un...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 10:1. See note on Psalm 9. Psalms 10:1 is a lament, relating to cases in which “the wicked hotly pursu
INTRODUCTION “This psalm seems to belong to the time of the Captivity, or the return of the captives. It was probably made in reference to Sanballat, and the other enemies of the Jews. There is a gre...
EXPOSITION This psalm is to some extent connected with the preceding one, but not very closely. It has turns of expression which are identical, and not common elsewhere; _e.g. _"in times of trouble" ...
Why do you stand a far off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? (Psalms 10:1) Have you ever prayed that? "Lord, why aren't You doing something about it? Why do You seem to hide Yours...
Acts 8:22; Daniel 5:22; Daniel 5:23; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ephesians 2:12;