In his pride; through pride of heart; which makes him forget God, Psalms 10:4, and despise the poor, and oppress others, either because they oppose or dislike his wicked courses, or that he may have more fuel for his pride or ambition. Or, in his exaltation. This is the use that he makes of that power and authority to which thou hast advanced him, to persecute those whom he should protect and cherish. He seems to point at Saul or his courtiers. Doth persecute with great fervency and burning fury, as the word signifies. The poor, to wit, me, who am through their tyranny poor, and destitute, and miserable, and therefore the more proper object for thy compassion, and others who favour my righteous cause.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 10:2
Psalms 10:2
2 The wickeda in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.