Psalms 10:2

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
WEB
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
ASV
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
DARBY
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
BLB
In [his] arrogance, the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; may they be caught in the schemes that they have devised!
ÅB
De elendige engstes ved den ugudeliges overmot;
de fanges i de onde planene han har tenkt ut.
OTB
I sin arroganse forfølger de onde ivrig de trengende;
La dem bli fanget i de planene de har lagt.
B1930
Ved den ugudeliges overmot engstes de elendige; de fanges i de onde råd han har uttenkt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 59:12

    For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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  • Psalms 36:11

    Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

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  • Psalms 7:16

    His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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  • Psalms 31:18

    Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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  • Psalms 119:122

    Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

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  • Psalms 140:5

    The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

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  • Isaiah 10:12–13

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

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