New King James Version
Psalms 10:11
11He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.”
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 Living Translation (NLT)The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
Context of Psalms 10:11
9He 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. 10So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength. He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.” 12Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble. 13Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.”
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 has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.”
- Mark 2:6And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
- Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”
- Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who will see them?”
- Psalms 73:11And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
- Psalms 94:7Yet they say, “The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”
- Job 22:13And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?
- Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
- Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not 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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