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Psalms 10:3
3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
Psalms 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
- New International Version (NIV)He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
Context of Psalms 10:3
1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress? 2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. 4The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God! 5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Read all of Psalms 10Psalms 10:3 word by word
כִּֽי־הִלֵּ֣ל רָ֭שָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ׀ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 10:3
- Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
- Psalms 49:6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
- Psalms 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God [abideth] continually.
- Psalms 73:8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
- Psalms 94:4[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
- Isaiah 10:7But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
- James 4:13Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
- Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
- Deuteronomy 29:19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.
- 1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
- Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
- Proverbs 23:4Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
- Hosea 12:7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
- Zechariah 11:5whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
Commentaries on Psalms 10:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Boasteth of his heart's desire - Boasts among his fellows how often he has gratified such and such passions, in such and such circumstances. This shows the excess of a depraved and imbruted spirit. He who can boast of his iniquity, is in the broad road to perdition. Should such a one repent and turn to God, it would be equal to any miracle. Blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth - Or, he blesseth the covetous, he abhorreth the Lord. Those who are…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart‘s desire - Margin, as in Hebrew, soul‘s. The main idea in this verse seems to be that he is a boaster - a man who makes some proclamation about himself as being superior to others, and who, in that proportion, looks with disdain or contempt on others. He vaunts himself, or makes an ostentatious display of something on which he prides himself, as wealth, strength, beauty, talent, prowess, etc. The particular thing here…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Unlike those who have evil desires, the godly wait for justice (Psalm 10:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. heart's--or, "soul's." desire--that is, his success in evil. and blesseth, &c.--he (the wicked) blesseth the covetous, he despiseth the Lord.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 10
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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