Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 10:12
"Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand.The helpless committeth himself unto thee;Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.""Arise, O Jehovah." The Psalm here changes the tone completely. No longer is there a description of evil men and their activities. Abruptly, there is a cry for Jehovah to... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 10:9
"He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;He lieth in wait to catch the poor:He doth catch the poor, when he draweth in his net.He croucheth, he boweth down,And the helpless fall by his strong ones.He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten,He hideth his face, he will never see it."The use of wild animals and the devices of hunters which appears here as descriptive of the conduct of the wicked, "May possibly be figurative descriptions of the various forms of oppressions and iniquity such... read more