Psalms 10:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. ”

Psalms 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages - As robbers do, who hide themselves in the vicinity of villages, that they make a sudden descent upon them in the silence of the night, or that t...
Psalms 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(d) He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. (d) He shows that the wicked have many ways to hide...
Psalms 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the poor . a weak one. Hebrew. helkah.
Psalms 10:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 als...
Psalms 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He sitteth in the lurking places - In this and the follo...
Psalms 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His eyes are privily set against the poor— { Are watching / Lay wait } for the poor. It may be proper to observe, once for all, that the word poor in the Psalms is not applied to those only w...
Psalms 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages...
Psalms 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In lurking places... — i.e., in ambush. Villages. — Properly, enclosed spaces, but then, like our “town” ( ton, an enclosure), for any collection of dwellings; and in Leviticus 25:31 , “an u...
Psalms 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 f s...
Psalms 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. Ver. 8. He sitteth in the lurking places, &c. ] A...
Psalms 10:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages Not within the villages, but in the ways bordering upon them, or leading to them, as robbers used to do. In the secret places That he may avoid th...
Psalms 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the lurking places of the villages; not within the villages, which is not a fit place for lurking; but about them, in the ways bordering upon them, or leading to them, as robbers use to do. In...
Psalms 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 23:23 ; 2 Kings 21:16 ; Habakkuk 3:14 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; Luke 10:1 ; Luke 8:1 ; Proverbs 1:11 ; Proverbs 1:12 ; Proverbs 6:12 ; Proverbs 6:13 ; Psalms 17:11
Psalms 10:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sitteth — Not within the villages, but in the ways bordering upon them, or leading to them, as robbers use to do. Are set — Heb. Are hid. He watches and looks out of his lurking — place. He alludes...

Psalms 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 10:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 10:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 10:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 10:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 10:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 10:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 10:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes