Chapter 10
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
A. M. 3464. B.C. 541. standest
hidest
13:1-3 27:9 30:7 44:24 88:14 Job 13:24 23:9 34:29
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
The wicked, etc
Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth, etc.
31:18 36:11 59:12 119:5,69,85,122 140:5 Exodus 9:17 18:11 Isaiah 10:12,13 14:13,16 Jeremiah 43:2
let
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
boasteth
35:21 49:6 52:1 73:8,9 94:4 Exodus 15:9 Isaiah 10:7-11 37:23 James 4:13,16
hearts
Heb. soul's. and blesseth, etc. or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lord.
49:11-13,18 Deuteronomy 29:19 1 Samuel 23:21 Job 31:24 Proverbs 28:4 Hosea 12:7,8 Zechariah 11:5-8 Luke 12:19 Romans 1:29,32 2 Timothy 3:2-4 1 John 2:15
whom
Isaiah 57:17 Jeremiah 22:17 Micah 6:10-12 Habakkuk 2:9 Matthew 26:15,16 Luke 12:15 Luke 16:14,15 1 Corinthians 6:10 Ephesians 5:5 Colossians 3:5 1 Timothy 6:9,10
abhorreth
5:6 Leviticus 26:30 Deuteronomy 32:19
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
the pride
18:27 101:5 Proverbs 6:17 21:4 30:13 Isaiah 2:11 3:9
will not
14:2 27:8 Exodus 5:2 Deuteronomy 8:14 Job 22:17 Proverbs 30:9 Jeremiah 2:31 Daniel 5:22,23 Zephaniah 2:3
God, etc
or, all his thoughts are, There is no God.
thoughts
Genesis 6:5 Isaiah 59:7 65:2 Jeremiah 4:14 Mark 7:21 Acts 8:22 Romans 1:21,28
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
His
Genesis 6:12 Proverbs 1:19 2:13,15 Isaiah 10:1 Hosea 9:9 Romans 3:16
thy judgments
92:5,6 Proverbs 15:24 24:1 Isaiah 5:12 26:11 28:15 42:25 Hosea 14:9
he puffeth
12:5 Judges 9:27,38 2 Samuel 5:6 1 Kings 20:10,11,13
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
said
not
15:5 30:6 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Isaiah 47:7 56:12 Nahum 1:10 Matthew 24:48 1 Thessalonians 5:3
never
Heb. unto generation and generation.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
full
and deceit
Heb. deceits.
5:9 7:14 36:3 52:4 55:21 58:3 64:3 Isaiah 59:4 Jeremiah 9:3,6 Romans 3:13
under
mischief
7:14 140:9 Job 15:35 Matthew 12:34 James 3:6-8
vanity
or, iniquity.
12:2 41:6 144:8,11 Proverbs 21:6 30:8
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.
sitteth
1 Samuel 22:18 23:23 2 Kings 21:16 Proverbs 1:11,12 Habakkuk 3:14 Luke 8:1 10:1
his eyes
17:11 Proverbs 6:12,13 Jeremiah 22:17
are privily set
Heb. hide themselves.
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.
He lieth
17:12 59:3 Micah 7:2 Acts 23:21
secretly
Heb. in the secret places.
Lamentations 3:10 Amos 3:4 Nahum 2:11,12 Zechariah 11:3
to catch
Jeremiah 5:26 Ezekiel 19:3-6 Habakkuk 1:15 John 10:12
poor, when
12:5 35:10 37:14 109:31 Job 5:15,16 Proverbs 14:31 22:16 28:15 Isaiah 3:15 32:7 Ezekiel 22:29 Amos 2:6,7 5:11,12 Habakkuk 3:14
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
croucheth
Heb. breaketh himself.
humbleth
1 Samuel 18:21-26 23:21,22 2 Samuel 15:5
by his strong ones
Heb. or, into his strong parts.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
said
God
64:5 73:11 94:7 Job 22:13,14 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Ezekiel 8:12 9:9
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Arise
lift
94:2 Isaiah 26:11 33:10 Micah 5:9
forget
humble
or, afflicted.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
contemn
74:10,18 Numbers 11:20 2 Samuel 12:9,10 Luke 10:16 1 Thessalonians 4:8
Thou
Genesis 9:5 42:22 2 Chronicles 24:22 Luke 11:50,51
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 fatherless.
Thou hast
35:22 Proverbs 15:3 Jeremiah 16:17 23:24 Hebrews 4:13
for thou
to requite
Judges 1:7 2 Kings 9:26 2 Chronicles 6:23 Jeremiah 51:56 Joel 3:4
the poor
55:22 2 Timothy 1:12 1 Peter 4:19 5:7
committeth
Heb. leaveth.
helper
68:5 146:9 Deuteronomy 10:18 Hosea 14:3
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Break
3:7 37:17 Job 38:15 Ezekiel 30:21,22 Zechariah 11:17
seek
7:9 2 Kings 21:12-15 Jeremiah 2:34 Ezekiel 23:48 Zephaniah 1:12
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
The Lord
29:10 93:1 145:13 146:10 Isaiah 33:22 Jeremiah 10:10 Lamentations 5:19 Daniel 4:34 Daniel 6:26 1 Timothy 1:17 6:15,16
heathen
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Lord
9:12,18 37:4 145:19 Proverbs 10:24
humble
2 Chronicles 33:12,13 34:27 Proverbs 15:8 Matthew 5:3 Luke 18:13,14 James 4:6,10 1 Peter 5:5
thou wilt prepare
or, establish.
112:7,8 1 Chronicles 29:18 2 Chronicles 29:36 30:12 Proverbs 16:1 Romans 8:26 Ephesians 2:18 Ephesians 3:12 James 1:16,17
cause
102:17 Isaiah 65:24 Acts 4:24-31 12:5-19 1 Peter 3:12
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
judge
14 72:4 82:3 94:1-6 Isaiah 11:4 Luke 18:7,8
the man
17:14 Luke 16:25 1 Corinthians 15:47,48 Philippians 3:18,19
oppress
or, terrify.