Psalm 10:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 10:7

Psalms 10:7. His mouth is full of cursing Of oaths and blasphemies against God; of reviling and execration of other men, especially of those that are good, and those that stand in his way, and hinder his wicked designs; and, perhaps, also of oaths and imprecations against himself, by which he endeavours to gain credit, and to make his neighbours secure, and so to make way for the deceit and fraud here next mentioned. He sticks at nothing that may serve his ends: for he makes no conscience... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 10:7

His mouth, &c. Quoted in Romans 3:14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 10:7

"His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression:Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages;In the secret places doth he murder the innocent;His eyes are privily set against the helpless.""Mouth is full of cursing." What a paradox it is that the wicked who claim (in their hearts at least) not to believe in God should have God's precious name upon their evil lips continually, not in truth or righteousness, but in shame and dishonor! The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 10:7

7-10. The malignity and deceit (Psalms 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Proverbs 1:11; Proverbs 1:18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Psalms 10:8; Psalms 10:10; Psalms 10:14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Psalms 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 10:1-11

1. Description of the wicked 10:1-11The emphasis in this part of the psalm is the problem of theodicy, the justice of God in the face of the prosperity of wicked Israelites. Like the Book of Job, the psalm does not resolve the problem but refocuses on God (Psalms 10:14). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 10:1-18

Psalms 10This psalm is a prayer for immediate help in affliction. It contains a powerful description of the wicked who oppose God and attack His people. The focus of the previous psalm was on the judgment to come, but in this one it is on the present."The problem in Psalms 9 is the enemy invading from without, while the problem in Psalms 10 is the enemy corrupting and destroying from within." [Note: Wiersbe, The . . . Wisdom . . ., p. 106.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 10:2-7

David pictured the wicked who oppress the righteous in graphic terms in this section of verses. They are proud, boastful, greedy, blasphemous, arrogant, haughty, self-sufficient, prosperous, careless about God, belligerent, self-confident, complacent, abusive, deceitful, oppressive, destructive, mischievous, and wicked. They opposed both God and His people with their speech, as well as in their actions. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:1-18

This Ps. has no title. Its relationship to Psalms 9 has been discussed in intro. to that Ps. It reflects a time of great social disorder, in which wickedness and violence are rampant, and the righteous are sorely oppressed. It falls roughly into two parts. The wrongs which call for redress are described (Psalms 10:1-11) and God’s interposition is invoked (Psalms 10:12-18).1. God seems to be ignorant of what is taking place, or indifferent to it. The Psalmist, however, does not really believe... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 10:7

(7) Cursing and deceit.—From the connection of cursing with deceit (comp. Hosea 4:2, “swearing and lying “), we must understand perjury. read more

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