Psalms 10:8

the poor. a weak one. Hebrew. helkah.

Related Commentaries of 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 descen...
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. (...
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....
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...
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 sit...
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...
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....
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The brigand life here described has never been uncommon in Eastern lands, and the picture given is by no mearis metaphorical: see Proverbs 1:10-18 ....
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 collec...
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. , th...
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...
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 th...
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 espe...
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, a...
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....
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why stan...
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 th...
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 villag...
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...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

His mouth is full of cursing. Black arts A missionary from Polynesia brought home a “soul trap.” It was a series of rings twisted in cocoanut f...
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,...
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-enem...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages, in his nomad encampment, where he could easily waylay unsuspecting travelers; in the secret places...
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 ; P...
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 watche...

⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 10:8