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Psalms 10

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1Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble? ✦ 2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. ✦ 3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord. ✦ 4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. ✦ 5His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. ✦ 6He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.” ✦ 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity. ✦ 8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless. ✦ 9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net. ✦ 10So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength. ✦ 11He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.” ✦ 12Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble. ✦ 13Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.” ✦ 14But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. ✦ 15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none. ✦ 16The Lord is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land. ✦ 17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, ✦ 18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    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.

Pastoral

  • 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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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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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

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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