Psalms 10:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ His mouth is full of cursing and deceitd and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. ”

Psalms 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His mouth is full of cursing - Profaneness; blasphemy against God. In the former verse the writer had described the feelings of the “heart;” he now proceeds to specify the open acts of the wicked...
Psalms 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

9 and 10. Yahweh the Refuge of His People. These two Pss., divided in MT, were originally one, This is proved by the fact that they are one in LXX. and Vulg., by the absence of title over Psalms 10...
Psalms 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

His mouth, &c. Quoted in Romans 3:14 .
Psalms 10:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. His mouth is full of cursing. The scope of these four verses is this: If God intends to succor his servants, it is now a proper time for doing so, inasmuch as the lawlessness of the ungod...
Psalms 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud - What a finished character! A blasphemer, a deceitfu...
Psalms 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. His mouth is full of cursing. The sinner's guilt toward his neighbour, wherein he is confirmed by p...
Psalms 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. has no title. Its relationship to Psalms 9 has been discussed in intro. to that Ps. It reflects a time of great social disorder, in which wickedness and violence are rampant, and the right...
Psalms 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cursing and deceit. — From the connection of cursing with deceit (comp. Hosea 4:2 , “swearing and lying “), we must understand perjury.
Psalms 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 10:1-18 Psalms 9:1-20 ; Psalms 10:1-18 are alike in their imperfectly acrostic structure, the occurrence of certain phrases- e.g. , the very uncommon expression for "times of trouble,"...
Psalms 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Will not Forget the Lowly Psalms 10:1-18 The malice of our foes, and especially of Satan, is powerfully described, Psalms 10:1-11 . Now it is the venom beneath the serpent's tongue, Psalm...
Psalms 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the Septuagint and other versions, probably the ancient Hebrew, Psalms 9:1-20 ; Psa 10:1-18 appear as one. There is a clear connection between them, but it is that of contrast. In the former the...
Psalms 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the picture of the ungodly is finished, and an awful finishing it is. Hatred to God, despising his laws, his ways, his judgments; and, more especially, a bitterness towards that plan of salvatio...
Psalms 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His mouth is full of cursing ,.... Or, "he has filled his mouth with cursing" e God and good men, his superiors, himself and others. The word signifies "an oath"; and may design either a profane oat...
Psalms 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity. Ver. 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit ] Such cursing men are cursed men; and for such slippe...
Psalms 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His mouth is full of cursing Of oaths and blasphemies against God; of reviling and execration of other men, especially of those that are good, and those that stand in his way, and hinder his wicked...
Psalms 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why standest thou afar off, O L ORD ? why hidest thou t...
Psalms 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of cursing; either, 1. Of oaths and blasphemies against God. Or, 2. Of reviling and execration of other men, especially those that are good; or those that stand in his way, and hinder his wicke...
Psalms 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppressiveness, Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. He sits in the hiding places of the villages, In the secret places he murders the innocent....
Psalms 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This psalm seems to belong to the time of the Captivity, or the return of the captives. It was probably made in reference to Sanballat, and the other enemies of the Jews. There is a gr...
Psalms 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 10:1 . Why standest thou afar off, oh Lord? This is the prayer of David against some very wicked and neighbouring prince, who through pride and thirst for gold, was lurking like a lion, and...
Psalms 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? A theological difficulty, a haughty impiety, an earnest prayer I. A theological difficulty. “Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord?” Some great enormity was no...
Psalms 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm is to some extent connected with the preceding one, but not very closely. It has turns of expression which are identical, and not common elsewhere; e.g. "in times of trou...
Psalms 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer against the Enemy of the Church. Luther writes in his summary of this psalm: "This is a psalm of prayer which complains about the arch-enemy of the kingdom of Christ, that is, Antichrist, w...
Psalms 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 59:4 ; James 3:6-8 ; Jeremiah 9:3 ; Jeremiah 9:6 ; Job 15:35 ; Job 20:12 ; Matthew 12:34 ; Proverbs 21:6 ; Proverbs 30:8 ; Psalms 12:2 ; Psalms 140:9 ; Psalms 144:11 ; Psalms 144:...
Psalms 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tongue — Under his fair and plausible speeches, mischief is hid and covered. Vanity — Or, injury, the vexation or oppression of other men.

Psalms 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 10:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes