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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.

Context of Psalms 10:9

7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. 8He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; 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. 10The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might. 11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

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 17:12He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
• Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
• Micah 7:2The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
• Acts 23:21But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent."
• Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
• Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
• Nahum 2:11Where is the lions' den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
• Zechariah 11:3The sound of the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is ruined! The sound of the roar of the lions, for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
• Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
• Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
• Habakkuk 1:15He brings all of them up with a hook; he drags them out with his net; he gathers them in his dragnet; so he rejoices and is glad.
• John 10:12He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
• Psalms 12:5"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the Lord; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
• Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, "O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?"
• Psalms 37:14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
• Psalms 109:31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

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