HE LIETH IN WAIT SECRETLY - Margin, in the secret places. See the note at Psalms 10:8. The object here is merely to illustrate the thought in the previous verse, by an allusion to a lion and a hunter....
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...
HE LIETH IN WAIT— _He lurketh in ambush, as a lion in his den; he lurketh to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, by drawing him into his net._...
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...
_HE LIETH IN WAIT SECRETLY AS A LION IN HIS DEN: HE LIETH IN WAIT TO CATCH THE POOR: HE DOTH CATCH THE POOR, WHEN HE DRAWETH HIM INTO HIS NET._ He lieth in wait secretly - Hebrew, 'in the secret plac...
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...
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...
_(_9_)_ LIETH IN WAIT. — A confusion of metaphor. The wicked is first, the lion watching for his prey, and then the hunter snaring animals. “Poor,” here — better, _afflicted_ (see Psalms 9:12). Transl...
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...
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...
In the next verse, he sets forth their cruelty in a light still more aggravated, by another comparison, saying, that they thirst for their prey _like lions in their dens _Now, it is a step higher in w...
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 ...
HE LIETH IN WAIT SECRETLY AS A LION,.... The first beast in Revelation 13:2; is said to have a mouth like a lion, and the second beast in Psalms 10:11; spake like a dragon; and both design one and t...
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. Ver. 9. _He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den_]...
_He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages_ Not within the villages, but in the ways bordering upon them, or leading to them, as robbers used to do. _In the secret places_ That he may avoid the...
He lieth in wait secretly, hidden in ambush, AS A LION IN HIS DEN, in the thicket where he has his lair; HE LIETH IN WAIT TO CATCH THE POOR, like a hunter taking wild animals in his net; he doth catch...
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...
SECRETLY: _ Heb._ in the secret places...
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...
AS A LION IN HIS DEN, where he lurks and waits for prey. HE DOTH CATCH, or _snatch_, or _seize upon_, to wit, with violence, and to devour or destroy him. WHEN HE DRAWETH HIM; or, by _drawing him_; or...
Psalms 10:9 wait H693 (H8799) secretly H4565 lion H738 den H5520 wait H693 (H8799) catch H2414 ...
‘His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppressiveness, Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. He sits in the hiding places of the villages, In the secret places he murders the innocent....
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...
_His mouth is full of cursing._ BLACK ARTS A missionary from Polynesia brought home a “soul trap.” It was a series of rings twisted in cocoanut fibre. If a native should commit a great offence, or of...
_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 23:21; Amos 2:6; Amos 2:7; Amos 3:4; Amos 5:11;...