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Psalm 10:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 10 · verse 2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.Psalm 10:2 · King James Version
Psalm 10:2 in context
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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Key words (Strong's)
- persecutedâlaqto flameH1814 →
- devicesmᵉzimmâha plan, usually evil , sometimes goodH4209 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- pridegaʼăvâharrogance or majestyH1346 →
- takentâphasto manipulateH8610 →
- poorʻânîydepressed, in mind or circumstancesH6041 →
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David, in these verses, discovers, 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 (Psa 10:1): "Why standest thou afar off, as one unconcerned in the indignities done to thy name and the injuries done to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11