Psalm 10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 10

The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm, I. David complains of the wickedness of the wicked, describes the dreadful pitch of impiety at which they had arrived (to the great dishonour of God and the prejudice of his church and people), and notices the delay of God's appearing against them, Ps. 10:1-11. II. He prays to God to appear against them for... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 10:1-11

I. A very great affection to God and his favour; for, in the time of trouble, that which he complains of most feelingly is God's withdrawing his gracious presence (Ps. 10:1): ?Why standest thou afar off, as one unconcerned in the indignities done to thy name and the injuries done to the people?? Note, God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people at any time, but especially in times of trouble. Outward deliverance is afar off and is hidden from us, and then we think God is afar off and we... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 10:12-18

David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe, I. What he prays for. 1. That God would himself appear (Ps. 10:12): ?Arise, O Lord! O God! lift up thy hand, manifest thy presence and providence in the affairs of this lower world. Arise, O Lord! to the confusion of those who say that thou hidest thy face. Manifest thy power, exert it for the maintaining of thy own cause, lift up thy hand to give a fatal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 10 This psalm in the Septuagint version, and those that follow it, is a part and continuation of the preceding psalm, and makes but one with it; hence in these versions the number of the following psalms differ from others, and what is the eleventh with others is the tenth with them, and so on to the hundred fourteenth and one hundred fifteenth, which also are put into one; but in order to make up the whole number of one hundred and fifty, the hundred sixteenth and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:1

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord ?.... This psalm begins with a complaint which proceeds on two general heads; the one is with respect to God, his distance from his people, and desertion of them in times of trouble, in this verse; and the other is with respect to the wicked in some following ones. God by his infinite essence and power is everywhere, and is never far off from any of his creatures; and though his glorious presence is in heaven, which, with respect to us on earth, is a land... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:2

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor ,.... The "poor" is the good and gracious man, who is commonly poor in this world's things, and is sensibly poor in spirit, or sensible of his spiritual poverty; or he is so called because "afflicted", as the word signifies; and he is afflicted because he is poor: these two characters generally go together. The "wicked" man is the wicked one, the lawless one, the man of sin, and son of perdition, antichrist, the great persecutor of Christ's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire ,.... As antichrist does of his universal power over all bishops and princes, which his heart was long desiring after; of his being Christ's vicar, Peter's successor, and head of the church; and of having power in heaven, earth, and hell: he boasts of his wealth and riches, of the righteousness and merits of saints, of works of supererogation, a stock of which he pretends to have in his hands to dispense to others: he boasts of his own holiness... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God ,.... We supply it, "after God"; as do the Targum and Kimchi on the place: the sense is, he will not seek to God for counsel or assistance, he will not pray unto him; which is the character of every unregenerate man, Romans 3:11 ; or, he will not inquire into the will of God, to know what is right or what is wrong, but will do what seems best in his own eyes: and this arises from the pride of his heart, which shows... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:5

His ways are always grievous ,.... To God and to his people; or, "his ways cause terror" F1 יחילו "terrent", Cocceius. , so Aben Ezra; make men fear; as antichrist has made the whole world tremble at him, Revelation 13:4 ; or, "his ways are defiled", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin render it; for to him is nothing pure, his mind and conscience being defiled, Titus 1:15 ; or, "his ways always remain" F2 "Permanent sive perdurant", Lutherus, Gejerus. ; they are always the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:6

He hath said in his heart ,.... To and within himself, he thought in his own mind; for the thought is the word or speech of the mind, λογος ενδιαυετος ; I shall not be moved ; from his prosperous and happy condition, abounding: with riches and honours; from his seat of empire, over kings, princes, and the nations of the world; flattering himself that it would never be otherwise with him than it is: even "to generation and generation", I shall not be moved; so the words may be rendered;... read more

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