God’s Word Translation
Psalms 10:11
11He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
Psalms 10:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- New International Version (NIV)He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.”
Context of Psalms 10:11
9He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net. 10⌞His⌟ victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under ⌞the weight of⌟ his power. He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!” 12Arise, O Lord! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people! 13Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say to himself, “God doesn’t care”?
Read all of Psalms 10Psalms 10:11 word by word
אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבּוֹ שָׁ֣כַֽח אֵ֑ל הִסְתִּ֥יר פָּ֝נָ֗יו בַּל־רָאָ֥ה לָנֶֽצַח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 10:11
- Psalms 10:6He says to himself, “Nothing can shake me. I’ll never face any trouble.”
- Mark 2:6Some experts in Moses’ Teachings were sitting there. They thought,
- Luke 7:39The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and thought, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what sort of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner.”
- Psalms 64:5They encourage one another in their evil plans. They talk about setting traps and say, “Who can see them?”
- Psalms 73:11Then wicked people ask, “What does God know?” “Does the Most High know anything?”
- Psalms 94:7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it. The God of Jacob doesn’t even pay attention to it.”
- Job 22:13You ask, ‘What does God know? Can he judge ⌞anything⌟ from behind a dark cloud?
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.
- Ezekiel 8:12God asked me, “Son of man, do you see what the leaders of the nation of Israel are doing in secret? Each of them is in the room where his god is, and each one of them is thinking, ‘The Lord doesn’t see me. The Lord has abandoned this land.’ ”
- Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The wickedness of the nations of Israel and Judah is terrible. The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with wrongdoing. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land and that he doesn’t see.
Commentaries on Psalms 10:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11God hath forgotten - He hath cast off this people, and he will never more re-establish them. So Sanballat thought.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten - That is, this is his practical, habitual feeling. He acts as if God had forgotten, or as if God takes no knowledge of what is occurring in the earth. Compare Psalm 10:6. He hideth his face - God has hidden his face; that is, he does not look on what is occurring. He will never see it - That is, he will never see what is done. It cannot be supposed that any man would deliberately say either that the memory of…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. 1111. As before, such conduct implies disbelief or disregard of God's government.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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