Psalms 10

Psalms 10:1

IN times of trouble?] So soon as we enter into affliction, we think God should help us; but that is not always his course.

Psalms 10:2

The wicked in his pride doth persecute] Heb. in the pride of the wicked he doth persecute.

let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined] Psalms 7:16. and Psalms 9:16. Proverbs 5:22. Let their devices not hurt us, but work their own ruine.

Psalms 10:3

the wicked boasteth of his hearts desire] Boasteth that all things succeeded according to his hearts desire, in oppressing good men: and the covetous boasteth of ill-gotten goods, and blasphemeth God, v. 13. Zechariah 11:5.

hearts] Heb. souls.

blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth] Or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lord.

Psalms 10:4

God is not in all his thoughts] Or, all his thoughts are, There is no God.

thoughts] Psalms 14:1. and Psalms 53:1.

Psalms 10:5

he puffeth at them] He scorns them, as if he could blowe them all away with his breath.

Psalms 10:6

I shall not be moved] The evil shall not touch me, Isaiah 28:15. or it may be read, who was never in adversity: That is, Why should I fear danger, that never was in any? Psalms 73:5.

never] Heb. unto generation and generation.

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing] Romans 3:14.

deceit] Heb. deceits.

under his tongue is mischief and vanity] His words tend to the hurt of others.

vanity] Or, iniquity.

Psalms 10:8

are privily] Heb. hide themselves.

Psalms 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly, as a lion in his den] He sheweth that the wicked have many means to hide their cruelty, and therefore ought the more to be feared. secretly] Heb in the secret places.

Psalms 10:10

He croucheth] Heb. he breaketh himself.

that the poor may fall by his strong ones] By the fraud and power of great men the poor are devoured.

by his strong ones] Or, into his strong parts.

Psalms 10:11

God hath forgotten] He hath forgotten the poor, therefore I may oppresse them, v. 1.

he hideth his face] Psalms 89:7.

Psalms 10:12

Arise, Lord] Psalms 82:8. Arise to help the afflicted: let oppressours, that say, Thou regardest not the poor, v. 11. see that they are deceived.

forget not the humble] Psalms 9:12.

humble] Or, afflicted.

Psalms 10:13

Where fore doth the wicked contemn God?] Psalms 74:10. Therefore thou must needs punish this their blasphemie.

Thou wilt not require it] To wit, mischief and oppression, verse 14.

Psalms 10:14

the poor committeth himself unto thee] Leaveth himself or his cause to thy fidelity, Genesis 39:6. Isaiah 10:3.

committeth] Heb. leaveth.

Psalms 10:15

Break thou the arm of the wicked] Job 38:15. Psalms 37:17. That is, all the instruments of his cruelty.

seek out his wickednesse till thou finde none] Or, then shalt thou seek out his wickednesse, and finde none. They are incorrigible, therefore rid the world of them and their sins at once, Ezekiel 23:48.

Psalms 10:16

The Lord is king for ever and ever] Psalms 29:10. and Psalms 145:13. and Psalms 146:10. Jerem. 10. 10. Lamentations 5:19.

the heathen are perished out of his land] Such as live like heathen in Canaan, Ezekiel 16:3. or, God having driven out the Canaanites, Psalms 44:2. hath given a sure token that he will not always bear with ill men.

Psalms 10:17

prepare] Or, establish.

Psalms 10:18

To judge the fatherlesse] God helpeth, when mans help faileth, Isaiah 59:16.

that the man of the earth may no more oppresse] Or, that man may no more daunt him out of the earth.

oppresse] Or, terrifie.