Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 17:10
10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Psalms 17:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
- New International Version (NIV)They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly.
Context of Psalms 17:10
8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings 9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. 11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, 12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
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חֶלְבָּ֥מוֹ סָּגְר֑וּ פִּ֝֗ימוֹ דִּבְּר֥וּ בְגֵאֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 17:10
- Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- Psalms 119:70Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Job 15:27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
- Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Acts 28:27For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalms 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
- Revelation 13:5The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They are enclosed in their own fat - Dr. Kennicott, Bishop Horsley, Houbigant, and others, read the passage thus: סגרו חבלמו עלי alai chablamo sageru, "They have closed their net upon me." This continues the metaphor which was introduced in the preceding verse, and which is continued in the two following: and requires only that עלי ali, "upon me," should began this verse instead of end the preceding; and that חלב cheleb, which signifies fat, should be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They are enclosed in their own fat - The meaning here is, that they were prosperous, and that they were consequently self-confident and proud, and were regardless of others. The phrase occurs several times as descriptive of the wicked in a state of prosperity, and as, therefore, insensible to the rights, the wants, and the sufferings of others. Compare Deuteronomy 32:15, “But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked: thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The psalmist asks for God's protection and justice, affirms his own integrity, and prays for the Lord to defeat his strong enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. enclosed ... fat--are become proud in prosperity, and insolent to God (De 32:15; Psa 73:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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