Verse 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 rascals used."[11]
"The helpless fall by his strong ones." The wicked man mentioned here, "Is represented as the head or leader of a band of robbers or outlaws, engaged under him in committing robbery upon the unprotected."[12]
"God hath forgotten." This is the attitude of the practical atheist described above. His actions are taken without regard to any possibility of God's existence or of his executing his wrath and vengeance upon such ungodly conduct.
When at last, the Final Judgment is begun, there shall not be left a single infidel in all the world. Evil men at that time shall cry for the rocks and the mountains to fall upon them and to hide them from the wrath of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:14).
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