Old Testament Commentary - Psalms 10

by Don R. Hender

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CHAPTER 10 David speaks of divers acts of the wicked—God is not in their thoughts—But the Lord is King forever and ever—He will judge the fatherless and oppressed.
1 WHY standest thou ^aafar off, O LORD? why ^bhidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked ^aboasteth 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: ^aGod is ^bnot in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 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 ^acursing and deceit and ^bfraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 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. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the ^ahumble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the ^afatherless. 15 Break thou the ^aarm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The LORD is ^aKing for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress^a.	18^a that the man of the earth may no more oppress Due to the nature of mortality and the natural man oft times the wicked do appear to get away with their wickedness and to take advantage of their fellow being. They who would that what they desire be the outcome and take it upon themselves to oppress and use others in that means of achieving their earthly desires be it wealth, power, position, possession or any such thing of the flesh often come out in achievment to the detrement of their fellow man rather than to the service and building up of their fellow beings. That is the way of the world. Yet God does see and all will be made right. The faithful and humble will be blessed in the end and the oppressor will suffer the wrath of God.