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.
• 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.
• 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 full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue. 8He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims; 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. 10His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. 11He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”

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 a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
• Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
• Micah 7:2The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.
• Acts 23:21Don’t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”
• Lamentations 3:10Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
• Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?
• Nahum 2:11Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
• Zechariah 11:3Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
• Jeremiah 5:26“Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.
• Ezekiel 19:3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
• Habakkuk 1:15The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.
• John 10:12The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
• Psalms 12:5“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
• Psalms 35:10My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
• Psalms 37:14The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
• Psalms 109:31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

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