heart's = soul ' s. Hebrew. nephesh. . blesseth, &c. One of the emendations of the Sopherim (see App-33 ). The primitive text of this line read, "the covetous man (or robber) blasphemeth, yea, abhorreth Jehovah". Compare 1 Kings 21:10 , 1 Kings 21:13 .Job 1:5 , Job 1:11 ; Job 2:5 , Job 2:9 . read more
God. Hebrew. Elohim. i.e. "no sign of God in all his thoughts". read more
sight = ken. [perception] enemies = adversaries. puffeth at = despiseth. read more
said in his heart. Compare Psalms 10:11 . read more
"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.The wicked in the pride of his countenance, saith, he will not require it.All his thoughts are, There is no God."Note the recurrence of the word "pride" in Psalms 10:4. The pride, conceit and stubbornness of man are vital elements of his unredeemed carnal nature, and the fountainhead of many of his troubles."The wicked boasteth." These verses describe the character of the wicked oppressors, the... read more
"His ways are firm at all times;Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.He says in his heart, I shall not be moved;To all generations I shall not be in adversity."These verses are still describing the character, attitude, and thought-patterns of wicked men. The knowledge of God's judgments is not in them. They live on an utterly different plateau from that of godly and righteous people.The wicked man does not change his plans but with... read more
Psalms 10:3. The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire— For the wicked applaudeth himself upon the desire of his soul, and the greedy of gain blesseth himself. Mudge. Others read the latter clause, And the covetous blasphemeth, and contemneth the Lord. read more
Psalms 10:4. The wicked, &c.— The wicked in the haughtiness of his looks saith, God will never {require: / inquire:} all his thoughts are without God. The Psalmist in this verse has given us the true character of the ungodly of this world. By a long disuse of devotion, and open neglect of divine worship, he gradually forgets every duty that he owes his Maker: and when he has for some time habituated himself to live without God in the world, he then begins to doubt his very existence; he... read more
Psalms 10:5. His ways are always grievous— "Are always inclined to mischief. Thy judgments, the vengeance and punishment with which thou threatenest those sorts of crimes, are far above, as if they rested above in the heavens, and would never come down upon earth, out of his sight:" i.e. he never represents them to his mind, but, as much as is possible for him, banishes all thoughts of them. read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:1-18
Psalms 9-10 God fights for the oppressedIn Psalms 9:0 and 10 we meet another kind of Hebrew verse, the acrostic. (Other acrostics are Psalms 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119 and 145.) In an acrostic the first word of each verse (or stanza) begins with a different letter of the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet, moving in order, so to speak, ‘from A to Z’. The acrostic in this case moves unbroken through Psalms 9:0 and 10, indicating that originally they probably formed one psalm. The absence of a heading to... read more