Psalms 10:8

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, “I will not be moved; Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity.” 7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice. He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate. 9He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net. 10Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers; And unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.

Psalms 10:8 word by word

יֵשֵׁ֤ב׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• He sitsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• lurkingמַאֲרָבma'ărâb · ambushH3993
• of the villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
• killsהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• in the secretמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
• His eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• surreptitiouslyצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• unfortunateחֵֽלְכָהchêlekâ' chêlekâh · haplessH2489

Cross-references for Psalms 10:8

• 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 23:23So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he keeps himself hidden, and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
• 2 Kings 21:16Furthermore, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin into which he misled Judah, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;
• Habakkuk 3:14You pierced with his own arrows The head of his leaders. They stormed in to scatter us; Their arrogance was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret.
• Luke 8:1Soon afterward, Jesus began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,
• Luke 10:1Now after this the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.
• Psalms 17:11They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.
• Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth,
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

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

Topics related to Psalms 10:8

• Character
• Malice
• Poor
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Contemn
• Acrostic
• Bible, the
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Lurk; Lurking-Place
• Murder
• Outrage; Outrageous
• Papyrus
• Psalms, Book of

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