Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 10:5
Always grievous] RV 'firm at all times.' He seems to prosper in all his plans. Puffeth] in scorn and contempt.
Always grievous] RV 'firm at all times.' He seems to prosper in all his plans. Puffeth] in scorn and contempt.
Verse Psalms 10:5. _HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS_] Or, _He is travailing in_ _pain_ to bring _forth iniquity at all times_. He is full of lust, or _irregular_ and _unholy desires_; he _conceives_ and...
HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS - His paths; his manner of life; his conduct toward God; his dealings with men. The word rendered “are grievious,” יחילוּ _yāchiylû_ - has been variously rendered. The L...
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...
SIGHT. ken. [perception] ENEMIES. adversaries. PUFFETH AT. despiseth....
HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS— _"Are always inclined to mischief. Thy judgments,_ the vengeance and punishment with which thou threatenest those sorts of crimes, _are far above,_ as if they rested abov...
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...
_HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS; THY JUDGMENTS ARE FAR ABOVE OUT OF HIS SIGHT: AS FOR ALL HIS ENEMIES, HE PUFFETH AT THEM._ His ways are always grievous, х_ YAACHIYLUW_ (H2342) from _ CHUWL_ (H2342), t...
10:5 succeed; (c-4) Lit. 'are rigid.'...
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...
HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS. — Better, _his enterprises always succeed._ This meaning is obtained from Job 20:21, “nothing escaped his covetousness, therefore his prospering shall not last,” and from...
יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ _דְרָכָ֨יו_† ׀ בְּ כָל ־עֵ֗ת מָרֹ֣ום מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ
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...
Heaven. This is the source of my confidence. (Calmet) --- The admirable mother of the Machabees suggested this consoling motive, (Berthier) to strengthen her youngest son, 2 Machabees vii. 28. Heaven...
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...
There is a great diversity of opinion among interpreters respecting the first clause of this verse. The translators of the Septuagint version, thinking the word יחילו,_yachilu, _which is in the future...
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 ...
HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS,.... To God and to his people; or, "his ways cause terror" a, so Aben Ezra; make men fear; as antichrist has made the whole world tremble at him, Revelation 13:4; or, "his...
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them. Ver. 5. _His ways are always grievous_] As he pleaseth not God, so he is co...
_His ways are always grievous_ The whole course of his conduct is vexatious to all that are within his reach, but especially to the poor, who cannot defend themselves, and to just and good men, whom h...
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...
His ways are always grievous, the manner in which he acts seems to be safe against punishment at all times; THY JUDGMENTS ARE FAR ABOVE OUT OF HIS SIGHT, out of the range of his vision; wherefore, in...
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...
HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS; his whole course and carriage is vexatious to all that are within his reach, but especially to the poor, who cannot right themselves; and to just and good men, whom he ha...
Psalms 10:5 ways H1870 always H6256 prospering H2342 (H8799) judgments H4941 above H4791 enemies H6887 (H8802) sneers
‘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...
_Thy judgments are far above, out of his sight._ MAN’S JUDGMENT AT VARIANCE WITH GOD’S There is an obtuseness and impenetrability that attach to the mind of man respecting the character of moral obli...
_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...
1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:11; 1 Kings 20:13; 2 Samuel 5:6; Genesis 6:
Judgments — Thy threatenings denounced against, and punishments inflicted upon sinners. Are far — He doth not regard or fear them: yea he despises them, being confident that he can blow them away with...