📖 Psalms — Chapter 10 (KJV)
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Psalms 10:1 Why Rstandest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms 10:2 RTThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10:3 For the wicked Rboasteth of his Theart’s desire, and Tblesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms 10:4 The wicked, through Rthe pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: TGod is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 10:5 His ways are always grievous; Rthy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 10:6 He hath Rsaid in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall Tnever be in adversity.
Psalms 10:7 His mouth is Rfull of cursing and Tdeceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and Tvanity.
Psalms 10:8 He Rsitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes Tare privily set against the poor.
Psalms 10:9 He lieth in wait RTsecretly 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.
Psalms 10:10 THe Rcroucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall Tby his strong ones.
Psalms 10:11 He hath Rsaid in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalms 10:12 RArise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the Thumble.
Psalms 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked Rcontemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms 10:14 RThou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor Tcommitteth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10:15 RBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Psalms 10:16 RThe LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Psalms 10:17 RLORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt Tprepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 10:18 To Rjudge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more Toppress.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 10:1–6 — When oppression makes God seem distant
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The psalm opens with an anguished question about God's apparent distance. It then describes arrogant people who persecute the poor, refuse to seek God, and assume they cannot be shaken. The prayer names oppression clearly while bringing the troubling sense of absence directly to the Lord.
Key Truth: Faith can bring questions about injustice before God.
Check What You Remember
1. In what times does God seem hidden? (Psalms 10:1)
Find it in Psalms 10:1 (KJV).
2. Whom does the wicked persecute? (Psalms 10:2)
Find it in Psalms 10:2 (KJV).
3. Whom will the wicked not seek? (Psalms 10:4)
Find it in Psalms 10:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 10:7–11 — Violence and the claim that God forgets
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The wicked person's speech and secret attacks target innocent and vulnerable people. A lion and a net picture predatory behavior. The claim that God has forgotten is the oppressor's belief, not the psalm's verdict; the following prayer challenges that false assurance of impunity.
Key Truth: Oppression is not hidden from God.
Check What You Remember
1. What fills the wicked person's mouth alongside deceit and fraud? (Psalms 10:7)
Find it in Psalms 10:7 (KJV).
2. What animal describes his lurking? (Psalms 10:9)
Find it in Psalms 10:9 (KJV).
3. Whom does the wicked claim has forgotten? (Psalms 10:11)
Find it in Psalms 10:11 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 10:12–18 — The helper of the fatherless
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker calls upon God to act and declares that God sees mischief and grief. The Lord is the enduring King who hears the humble and judges for the fatherless and oppressed. The fierce appeal against wicked strength seeks the end of oppression and the protection of its victims.
Key Truth: God sees the vulnerable and hears their desire.
Check What You Remember
1. Who is God the helper of? (Psalms 10:14)
Find it in Psalms 10:14 (KJV).
2. How long is the Lord King? (Psalms 10:16)
Find it in Psalms 10:16 (KJV).
3. Whose desire has the Lord heard? (Psalms 10:17)
Find it in Psalms 10:17 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Isaiah 1:17 — God's people are called to seek justice and defend the fatherless.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What practical step can you take to support someone vulnerable while praying for God to end oppression?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What contrast separates the opening lament from the later affirmation?
2. How are the wicked person’s inward claims portrayed?
3. What unites lion, den, and net in the portrayal?
4. How does the request for divine action oppose the wicked person’s assumptions?
5. What purpose accompanies hearing the humble?
Notes
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