1 Samuel 18:21-26; 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 23:22; 2 Samuel 15:5
He croucheth - Margin, “breaketh himself.” Coverdale, “Then smiteth he, then oppresseth he.” Prof. Alexander, “And bruised he will sink.” Horsley...
He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the (e) poor may fall by his strong ones. (e) By the hypocrisy of them who have authority the poor are de...
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....
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 a...
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He croucheth - Of the scoffing, mocking, insulting, and insidious co...
He croucheth— As a lion lies down, and is couchant; by that means to secure himself of his prey, or to fit himself to seize it. This, says the Jewi...
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He croucheth. So the Hebrew Qeri' reads х yidkeh ( H1794 )...
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...
RM 'And being crushed he (the poor) boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones' (by the wicked man's followers).
( 10 ) By his strong ones. — Possibly, by his strong claws, recurring to the metaphor of the lion. Some (Jerome, Perowne, and apparently Syriac...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. Ver. 10. He croucheth (or crusheth), and humbleth himself] Lion li...
He croucheth and humbleth himself Like a lion (for he continues the same metaphor) which lies close upon the ground, partly that he may not be disc...
The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why stan...
Like a lion, (for he continues the same metaphor,) which gathereth himself together, and lies close upon the ground, partly that he may not be discov...
‘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...
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...
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...
Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? A theological difficulty, a haughty impiety, an earnest prayer I. A theological difficulty. “Why standest...
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...
EXPOSITION This psalm is to some extent connected with the preceding one, but not very closely. It has turns of expression which are identical,...
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...
He croucheth, the description again being that of a beast of prey, and humbleth himself, ducking low, getting ready for the sudden spring, that th...
Croucheth — Like a lion (for he continues the same metaphor) which lies close upon the ground, partly that he may not be discovered, and partly tha...
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.