Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 10:6
Verse Psalms 10:6. I shall not be moved] I have whatever I covet. I hold whatsoever I have gotten. I have money and goods to procure me every gratification.
Verse Psalms 10:6. I shall not be moved] I have whatever I covet. I hold whatsoever I have gotten. I have money and goods to procure me every gratification.
HE HATH SAID IN HIS HEART - The phrase, “he hath said,” means that this was his deliberate and settled character. What is here described was no sudden thing. It was not the freak of passion; it was a...
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...
SAID IN HIS HEART. Compare Psalms 10:11....
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...
_HE HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, I SHALL NOT BE MOVED: FOR I SHALL NEVER BE IN ADVERSITY._ I shall not be moved - from my present prosperity. FOR (I SHALL) NEVER (BE) IN ADVERSITY - literally, 'as being...
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...
I SHALL NOT. — The meaning of the verse is clear, but the construction is involved. Literally, _I shall not be moved to generation and generation, which not in evil._ The LXX. and Vulg. omit the relat...
אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭ לִבֹּו בַּל ־אֶמֹּ֑וט לְ דֹ֥ר
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...
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] (c) never [be] in adversity. (c) The evil will not touch me, (Isaiah 28:15) or else he speaks thus because he never felt evil....
Trieth, interrogat, which is rendered by examine, ver. 5. (Haydock) --- God juridically questions all, (Calmet) and makes them give an exact account of themselves, even of every idle word. (Haydock) -...
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...
The Psalmist confirms these statements in the next verse, where he tells us that the persons of whom he speaks are fully persuaded in their hearts that they are beyond all danger of change. _He saith...
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 HATH SAID IN HIS HEART,.... To and within himself, he thought in his own mind; for the thought is the word or speech of the mind, λογος ενδιαυετος; I SHALL NOT BE MOVED; from his prosperous and ha...
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity. Ver. 6. _He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved_] So said a better man once, Psalms 30:6, but he was q...
_He hath said in his heart_ He thinks and persuades himself; _I shall not be moved_ From my place and happy state: _I shall never be in adversity_ Because I am not in adversity, I never shall be in it...
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...
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved, he is filled with unlimited pride and security; FOR I SHALL NEVER BE IN ADVERSITY, one generation after the other in his family being safe against misf...
NEVER: _ Heb._ unto generation and generation...
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...
HE HATH SAID IN HIS HEART; he thinketh or persuadeth himself. I shall not be moved; or, removed, to wit, from my place and happy state. FOR I SHALL NEVER BE IN ADVERSITY; or, _because I am not in adve...
Psalms 10:6 said H559 (H8804) heart H3820 moved H4131 (H8735) never H1755 H1755 adversity H7451 said -
‘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 hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved._ GODLESS CONFIDENCE--ITS MAD ARROGANCE The wicked man said a good many wrong things “in his heart.” The tacit assumptions on which a life is...
_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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 10:6 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED. It is irritating to the pious person when impious people feel safe in their impiety. ⇐...
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 Thessalonians 5:3; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Isaiah 47:7; Isaiah 56:12;...