Psalms 10:9

Psalms 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
• New International Version (NIV)like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Context of Psalms 10:9

7Plenty of lies come from his mouth, and he curses people. The bad words that he speaks are very cruel, and they hurt people. 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. Quietly, 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. 11The wicked person says to himself, ‘God will give me no trouble! He does not even see what I do.’

Psalms 10:9 word by word

יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר׀ כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He lieth in waitאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• secretlyמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
• as a lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• in his denסֹךְsôk · lairH5520
• to catchחָטַףchâţaph · to catchH2414
• the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• when he drawethמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• him into his netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568

Cross-references for Psalms 10:9

• Psalms 17:12They are like hungry lions. They want to tear me into pieces. They are hiding like young lions. They are ready to jump out and catch me!
• Psalms 59:3Look at them! They are waiting to kill me! Cruel men are ready to attack me. Lord, I have not done anything against them, but they still want to kill me.
• Micah 7:2There are no longer any people here who obey God. There are no good, honest people. Everyone is waiting to kill someone else. They are all like hunters, who try to catch each other.
• Acts 23:21Do not agree to do what they want. There are more than 40 men who will be hiding somewhere. They are waiting for Paul. They have made a serious promise to God. They will not eat or drink anything until they have killed Paul. They are now ready to do this. They will be waiting to hear your answer.’
• Lamentations 3:10God is like a strong wild animal. He hides and he waits for me by the path.
• Amos 3:4If a lion roars in the forest, it means that he has killed an animal to eat. A young lion does not shout unless he has caught something.
• Nahum 2:11The home of the lions has gone. The place where they fed their young lions has gone. This was the place where whole families of lions once lived. It is here where their young lions were not afraid.
• Zechariah 11:3Listen to the shepherds! They are crying because enemies have destroyed their fields. Listen to the noise of the lions! They are roaring because the trees beside the Jordan River are no longer there.
• Jeremiah 5:26There are wicked men among my people. They like to catch people and rob them. They hide like someone who wants to catch a bird. They put out their traps to kill what they want.
• Ezekiel 19:3She taught one of her children to catch animals for food. As he grew, he started to eat people.
• Habakkuk 1:15The Babylonians can easily catch them, like people who catch fish with hooks. They throw their nets into the water, and they catch as many as they want. When they store their fish in special nets, they sing happy songs.
• John 10:12Another man may take care of sheep so that he gets money. But the sheep do not belong to him. A man like that is not the shepherd. If a wolf comes, a man like that runs away when he sees it. He leaves the sheep in danger. Then the wolf attacks the sheep. It causes them to run away in all directions.
• Psalms 12:5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’
• Psalms 35:10I will shout with all my strength, ‘Lord, who is like you? When strong people try to hurt weak people, you are the one who keeps the weak people safe. You also keep poor people safe when robbers try to take things from them.’
• Psalms 37:14Wicked people get out their swords, and they prepare to shoot their arrows. They try to make poor and helpless people fall down. They try to destroy people who do what is right.
• Psalms 109:31He stands beside poor people, and he is ready to help them. When cruel people accuse a weak person, the Lord saves that person's life. So I will praise the Lord.

Commentaries on Psalms 10:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9He lieth in wait secretly - Margin, in the secret places. See the note at Psalm 10:8. The object here is merely to illustrate the thought in the previous verse, by an allusion to a lion and a hunter. As a lion in his den - As a lion crouches down in his den, ready to spring upon his prey. That is, the lion is concealed, but is on the look out, and when his prey passes near his den, he suddenly springs upon it and secures it. So it is with the wicked man…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-11Wicked and oppressive people might succeed, causing harmful effects. Evil can be as dramatic as the psalmist portrays it here, or it could be more subtle.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

Topics related to Psalms 10:9

• Lion
• Malice
• Net
• Poor
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Contemn
• Den
• Acrostic
• Bible, the
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Lion
• Outrage; Outrageous
• Papyrus
• Poor

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