Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
Heb. in the pride of the wicked he doth persecute
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
Heb. in the pride of the wicked he doth persecute
Verse Psalms 10:2. _THE WICKED IN_ HIS _PRIDE_] On no principle of _nature_ or _reason_ can we account for a _wicked man_ persecuting a _humble_ _follower of God_ because of his _religion_. The devil...
THE WICKED IN HIS PRIDE - Margin: “In the pride of the wicked he doth.” The margin is a literal translation of the Hebrew; but the sense is the same. The meaning is, that the fact that the wicked pers...
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...
THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _r_ asha". App-44. PERSECUTE. hotly pursue. THE POOR. an oppressed one. Compare Psalms 10:18, and Psalms 9:9. Hebrew. _'ani._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....
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 IN HIS PRIDE DOTH PERSECUTE THE POOR: LET THEM BE TAKEN IN THE DEVICES THAT THEY HAVE IMAGINED._ The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. So Lamentations 4:19 uses the same Hebrew...
10:2 afflicted. (a-10) Or 'Through the pride of the wicked [man], the afflicted is sore pressed.'...
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...
THE WICKED. — Better, _in the pride of the wicked, the sufferer burns._ (So LXX., Aquila, Symmachus, and Vulg.) Not to be taken of indignation felt by the sufferers, but literally of the afflictions t...
בְּ גַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ...
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...
How. My friends.... say, &c. (Worthington) --- To the. Hebrew now, "to your mountain," as the words are joined which were formerly divided, while a v has been lost, and another placed instead of i, as...
Here is an awful description in part of the ungodly, as it concerns God's people, how his hatred against God is manifested. There is, there must be, an everlasting and irreconcilable enmity in the see...
2._The ungodly in his pride, etc _Before uttering his prayer against the ungodly, the Psalmist briefly sets forth their wickedness in cruelly vexing the afflicted, for no other reason but because they...
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 IN [HIS] PRIDE DOTH PERSECUTE THE POOR,.... The "poor" is the good and gracious man, who is commonly poor in this world's things, and is sensibly poor in spirit, or sensible of his spiritua...
The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Ver. 2. _The wicked in his pride doth persecute, &c._] Heb. hotly pursueth (εμπυριζεται. C...
_The wicked in his pride_ The pride of his heart which makes him forget God, despise the poor, and oppress others: Hebrew, בגאות, _begaa-vath, in his exaltation; doth persecute the poor_ With great ea...
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor, rather, "Through the pride of the wicked the afflicted is burning," consumed with the heat of anxiety. LET THEM BE TAKEN IN THE DEVICES THAT THEY HAVE...
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...
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...
IN HIS PRIDE; through pride of heart; which makes him forget God, PSALMS 10:4, and despise the poor, and oppress others, either because they oppose or dislike his wicked courses, or that he may have m...
Psalms 10:2 wicked H7563 pride H1346 persecutes H1814 (H8799) poor H6041 caught H8610 (H8735) plots H4209 which...
‘Why do you stand far off, O YHWH? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? As a result of the arrogance of the unrighteous the poor is hotly pursued; They are taken (or ‘Let them be taken') i...
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...
_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...
Exodus 18:11; Exodus 9:17; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 14:13;...