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Psalms 10

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1Why do You stand far away, Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble? ✦ 2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. ✦ 3¶For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire, And the greedy person curses and shows disrespect to the Lord. ✦ 4The wicked, in his haughtiness, does not seek Him. There is no God in all his schemes. ✦ 5¶His ways succeed at all times; Yet Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he snorts at them. ✦ 6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity.” ✦ 7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice. ✦ 8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate. ✦ 9He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net. ✦ 10Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers; And unfortunate people fall by his mighty power. ✦ 11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.” ✦ 12¶Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble. ✦ 13Why has the wicked treated God disrespectfully? He has said to himself, “You will not require an account.” ✦ 14You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan. ✦ 15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none. ✦ 16¶The Lord is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land. ✦ 17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will make Your ear attentive ✦ 18To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 9 ·8Ps 94 ·5Ps 140 ·4Ps 17 ·4Jas 4 ·4Ps 119 ·4Rom 1 ·4Isa 10 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 10David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 10Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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