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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 10:5

Heaven. This is the source of my confidence. (Calmet) --- The admirable mother of the Machabees suggested this consoling motive, (Berthier) to strengthen her youngest son, 2 Machabees vii. 28. Heaven is the temple of the Lord, (Haydock) though the tabernacle may be so styled here. See Psalm x. 8. (Calmet) --- The poor man is not in Hebrew but it is chiefly of him that the psalmist speaks; (Berthier) and the Septuagint and Arabic (Calmet) seem to (Haydock) have read it. Eliphaz remarks, that God does not disregard human affairs, as the wicked supposed, Job xxii. 12. (Calmet) --- If his eyes seem to be shut, his providence watcheth. (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 10:5. _HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS_] Or, _He is travailing in_ _pain_ to bring _forth iniquity at all times_. He is full of lust, or _irregular_ and _unholy desires_; he _conceives_ and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS - His paths; his manner of life; his conduct toward God; his dealings with men. The word rendered “are grievious,” יחילוּ _yāchiylû_ - has been variously rendered. The L...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SIGHT. ken. [perception] ENEMIES. adversaries. PUFFETH AT. despiseth....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS— _"Are always inclined to mischief. Thy judgments,_ the vengeance and punishment with which thou threatenest those sorts of crimes, _are far above,_ as if they rested abov...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:5 succeed; (c-4) Lit. 'are rigid.'...

  • 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 righteou...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ALWAYS GRIEVOUS] RV 'firm at all times.' He seems to prosper in all his plans. PUFFETH] in scorn and contempt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HIS WAYS ARE ALWAYS GRIEVOUS. — Better, _his enterprises always succeed._ This meaning is obtained from Job 20:21, “nothing escaped his covetousness, therefore his prospering shall not last,” and from...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ _דְרָכָ֨יו_† ׀ בְּ כָל ־עֵ֗ת מָרֹ֣ום מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • 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 salvation...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    His ways are always grievous, the manner in which he acts seems to be safe against punishment at all times; THY JUDGMENTS ARE FAR ABOVE OUT OF HIS SIGHT, out of the range of his vision; wherefore, in...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 10:5 ways H1870 always H6256 prospering H2342 (H8799) judgments H4941 above H4791 enemies H6887 (H8802) sneers

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The psalmist meditates on the wicked and desires to see them humbled under God's hand. CHARACTERS: Psalmist, God. CONCLUSION: The Christian cannot but lay to heart that which is offensive...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • 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 now un...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:11; 1 Kings 20:13; 2 Samuel 5:6; Genesis 6:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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