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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 10:8

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages, in his nomad encampment, where he could easily waylay unsuspecting travelers; in the secret places, where he believes himself safe from observation, doth he murder the innocent, him who has in no way provoked him, out of mere lust for killing; his eyes are privily set against the poor, watching and planning to bring harm upon the godly sufferer.

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See also Psalms 10:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 10:8. _HE SITTETH IN THE LURKING PLACES_] In this and the following verse there appears to be an allusion to _espionage_, or setting of _spies_ on a man's conduct; or to the conduct of a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 they m...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 10 _ 1. The cry of Jehovah and what causeth it (Psalms 10:1)_ 2. That wicked one (Psalms 10:3) 3. Prayer for divine Intervention: Faith's Vision ...

  • 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, a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE POOR. a weak one. Hebrew. _helkah._...

  • 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 who...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 9:10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Kingship of Jehovah in Zion Finally Triumphant over a League between the Nations and the Lawless One. ANALYSIS These two psalms are bound together as originally on...

  • 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 - rea...

  • 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

    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. POOR] RV 'helpless,' RM 'hapless,' a word found only he...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • 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 unwalled...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּ מַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭ † מִּסְתָּרִים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 10:1 Psalms 9:1; Psalms 10:1 are alike in their imperfectly acrostic structure, the occurrence of certain phrases- _ e.g._, the very uncommon expression for "times of trouble,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD WILL NOT FORGET THE LOWLY Psalms 10:1 The malice of our foes, and especially of Satan, is powerfully described, Psalms 10:1. Now it is the venom beneath the serpent's tongue, Psalms 10:7; now the...

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

    In the Septuagint and other versions, probably the ancient Hebrew, Psalms 9:1; Psa 10:1-18 appear as one. There is a clear connection between them, but it is that of contrast. In the former the singer...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Righteousness. As, on the other hand, (Haydock) the upright shall behold God, (Matthew v. 8.) while the wicked shall be driven into darkness (Calmet) for all eternity. In vain do modern sophists prete...

  • 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

    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 also because...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 9 AND 10. In Psalms 9 and 10 we enter historically on the circumstances of the remnant in the last days in the land. The great principles having been laid down ...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 sign...

  • 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. desc...

  • 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 the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ARE PRIVILEY SET: _ Heb._ hide themselves...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate wor...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 THE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 10:8 sits H3427 (H8799) places H3993 villages H2691 places H4565 murders H2026 (H8799) innocent H5355 eyes...

  • 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....

  • 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

    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 mu...

  • 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 fibre. If a native should commit a great offence, or of...

  • 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

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 10:1. See note on Psalm 9. Psalms 10:1 is a lament, relating to cases in which “the wicked hotly pursu

  • The 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 gre...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 trouble" ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Why do you stand a far off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? (Psalms 10:1) Have you ever prayed that? "Lord, why aren't You doing something about it? Why do You seem to hide Yours...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 21:16; Habakkuk 3:14;...

  • 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 st...

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