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Psalms 10

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1O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble? ✦ 2The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others. ✦ 3For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the Lord. ✦ 4The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead. ✦ 5Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies. ✦ 6They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!” ✦ 7Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues. ✦ 8They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims. ✦ 9Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets. ✦ 10Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked. ✦ 11The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!” ✦ 12Arise, O Lord! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless! ✦ 13Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think, “God will never call us to account.” ✦ 14But you see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans. ✦ 15Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed. ✦ 16The Lord is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land. ✦ 17Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. ✦ 18You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them. ✦

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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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Lay

  • ★ 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.

Commentaries & study tools

  • 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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