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Psalms 10:8

6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

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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.

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BSB
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
KJV
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
WEB
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
ASV
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
DARBY
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
BLB
He sits in an ambush of the villages; in the hidden places he kills the innocent one; his eyes look stealthily on the helpless.
ÅB
Han ligger i bakhold ved gårdene,
på skjulte steder myrder han den uskyldige,
øynene hans speider etter den ulykkelige.
OTB
Han venter i bakhold i landsbyene;
Han dreper de uskyldige på skjulte steder;
Hans øyne ser hemmelig etter de uheldige.
B1930
Han ligger i bakhold ved gårdene, på lønnlige steder myrder han den uskyldige, hans øine speider efter den ulykkelige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Habakkuk 3:14

    Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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  • Jeremiah 22:17

    But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:18

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:23

    See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

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  • Psalms 17:11

    They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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  • Proverbs 6:12–13

    A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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  • Luke 8:1

    And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

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  • Psalms 94:6

    They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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