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.
Read in contextPsalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Read in contextPsalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in contextPsalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Read in contextPsalms 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in context