Salmos 10:8-10 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 10:1-11

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 (Ps. 10:1): ?Why standest thou afar off, as one unconcerned in the indignities done to thy name and the injuries done to the people?? Note, God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people at any time, but especially in times of trouble. Outward deliverance is afar off and is hidden from us, and then we think God is afar off and we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:8

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages ,.... Which were by the wayside, where thieves and robbers harboured, and out of which they came, and robbed passengers as they came by. The word F6 חצרים αυλας , Symmachus in Drusius; "atriorum", Munster; so Hammond, Ainsworth, & Michaelis. signifies "palaces" or "courts": and so it is rendered by the Chaldee paraphrase and Syriac version; and so the allusion is not to mean thieves and robbers, but to persons of note and figure.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion ,.... The first beast in Revelation 13:2 ; is said to have a mouth like a lion, and the second beast in Psalm 10:11 ; spake like a dragon; and both design one and the same, antichrist, in his twofold capacity, civil and ecclesiastical; this metaphor of the lion lying in wait secretly for his prey denotes the insidious methods used by antichrist to destroy the faithful witnesses of Christ; who lies like a lion in his den , in the temple of God, now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:10

He croucheth and humbleth himself ,.... As the lion before he leaps and seizes on his prey, and as the fowler creepeth upon the ground to draw the bird into his net and catch it; so the antichristian beast has two horns like a lamb; though he has the mouth of a lion, and speaks like a dragon, he would be thought to be like the Lamb of God, meek, and lowly, and humble, and therefore calls himself "servus servorum", "the servant of servants"; but his end is, that the poor may fall by his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:8

He sitteth in the lurking places - In this and the following verse there appears to be an allusion to espionage, or setting of spies on a man's conduct; or to the conduct of an assassin or private murderer. He sitteth in lurking places - in secret places; his eyes - spies - are privily set; he lieth in wait secretly: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He is like a hunter that lays his traps and gins, digs his pits, sets his nets; and when the prey falls into them, he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:10

He croucheth - Of the scoffing, mocking, insulting, and insidious conduct of Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, the fourth and sixth chapters of Nehemiah give abundant proof; and possibly the allusion is to them. The lion squats down and gathers himself together, that he may make the greater spring. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:8

Verse 8 8.He will sit in the ensnaring places of the villages. (217) I have purposely avoided changing the verbs of the future tense into another tense, because they imply a continued act, and also because this Hebrew idiom has extended even to other languages. David, therefore, describes what ungodly men are accustomed to do. And, in the first place, he compares them to highwaymen, who lie in wait at the narrow parts of roads, and choose for themselves hiding-places from which they may fall... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:9

Verse 9 In the next verse, he sets forth their cruelty in a light still more aggravated, by another comparison, saying, that they thirst for their prey like lions in their dens Now, it is a step higher in wickedness to equal in cruelty wild beasts than to make havoc after the manner of robbers. It is worthy of remark, that he always joins deceits and snares with violence, in order the better to show how miserable the children of God would be, unless they were succoured by help from heaven.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:10

Verse 10 He again repeats all this in the tenth verse, giving a beautiful and graphic description of the very mien or gesture of such wicked men, just as if he set before our eyes a picture of them. They crouch low, says he, and cast themselves down, (220) that they may not, by their cruelty, frighten away their victims to a distance; for they would fain catch in their entanglements those whom they cannot hurt without coming close to them. We see how he joins these two things together, first... read more

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 10:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 10:1-18

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