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Psalms 10:8
8He hides near the villages, so that he can jump out and catch people. He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill. He murders people who have done nothing wrong.
Psalms 10:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
- English Standard Version (ESV)He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
Context of Psalms 10:8
6He says to himself, ‘There will be no trouble for me. Nothing bad will ever happen to me or to my children.’ 7Plenty of lies come from his mouth, and he curses people. The bad words that he speaks are very cruel, and they hurt people. He hides near the villages, so that he can jump out and catch people. He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill. He murders people who have done nothing wrong. 9Quietly, he hides like a lion among some bushes. He waits there to catch a poor, weak person. Like a hunter, he catches poor people in his net. 10He stamps on the people that he catches, and he knocks them down to the ground. The weak person falls down, because the wicked person is too strong.
Read all of Psalms 10Psalms 10:8 word by word
יֵשֵׁ֤ב׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He sittethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in the lurking placesמַאֲרָבma'ărâb · ambushH3993
- of the villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
- in the secret placesמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
- doth he murderהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
- the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
- his eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- are privily setצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
- against the poorחֵֽלְכָהchêlekâ' chêlekâh · haplessH2489
Cross-references for Psalms 10:8
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king said to Doeg, ‘You must kill the priests.’ So Doeg, the man from Edom, killed the priests that same day. He killed 85 priests who wore linen ephods.
- 1 Samuel 23:23Find all the places where he hides. When you know all about him, come back and tell me. Then I will come with you. If he is still in that region, I will surely find him. I will look through all the land of Judah and I will catch him.’
- 2 Kings 21:16Also, Manasseh murdered many people who had not done anything wrong. Their blood was in all the streets of Jerusalem! He caused the people in Judah to do bad things too. He caused them to do things that the Lord said were evil.
- Proverbs 1:11They may say, ‘Come with us. We will find someone to murder. We will attack any helpless person that we choose.
- Habakkuk 3:14You threw his own spear into his head, and you destroyed his army. When his soldiers rushed out to attack us, they were laughing. They thought that they would easily win against us, as if we were poor, weak people.
- Luke 8:1After this, Jesus went to visit many towns and villages. He told people the good news about the kingdom of God. The 12 disciples were travelling with him.
- Luke 10:1After this, Jesus chose another 72 disciples. He sent them out two by two, to every town and village that he would visit soon.
- Psalms 17:11Now they have found me. They are ready to attack! They look for their chance to knock me down to the ground.
- Proverbs 6:12A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people.
- Jeremiah 22:17‘But you always want to cheat people, so that you can get more riches for yourself. You make plans to kill people who have not done anything wrong. You hurt people in cruel ways.’
Commentaries on Psalms 10:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He 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 an assassin or private murderer. He sitteth in lurking places - in secret places; his eyes - spies - are privily set; he lieth in wait secretly: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He is like a hunter that lays his traps and gins, digs his pits, sets his nets…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He 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 may seize and rob the inhabitants as they go forth in the morning to attend their flocks to the pastures, or to labor in the fields. The word rendered “villages” means properly an enclosure, as a court before a building; and then a village or hamlet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The wicked rely on violence (Psalms 11:5; 37:32) and deception (Proverbs 12:6; 23:27–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. The malignity and deceit (Psa 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Psa 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Psa 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.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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