Revised Version 1895

Psalms 10

1Whyלָמָ֣הla.MahH4100standest thouafarH7350offH7350, OLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068?whyH4100hidest thou thyself intimesלְעִתּ֥וֹתle.'i.TotH6256oftroubleבַּצָּרָֽה׃ba.tza.RahH6869?

2In theprideבְּגַאֲוַ֣תbe.ga.'a.VatH1346of thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563thepoorעָנִ֑י'a.NiH6041ishotlyיִדְלַ֣קyid.LakH1814pursuedH1814; let them betakenיִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ׀yi.ta.fe.SuH8610in thedevicesבִּמְזִמּ֖וֹתbim.zi.MotH4209that they have imagined.

3For thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563boasteth of hisheart’sנַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.ShoH5315desireתַּאֲוַ֣תta.'a.VatH8378, and the covetous renounceth,yeaכִּֽי־ki-H3588, contemneth theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

4Thewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563, in theprideכְּגֹ֣בַהּke.GoahH1363of hiscountenanceאַ֭פּוֹ'a.poH639, saith, He willnotH369requireיִדְרֹ֑שׁyid.RoshH1875it.Allכָּל־kol-H3605histhoughtsמְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃me.zi.mo.TavH4209are, There isnoH369Godאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430.

5Hiswaysדְרָכָ֨יוda.re.kvH1870are firm atallH3605timesעֵ֗ת'EtH6256; thyjudgmentsמִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָMish.pa.tei.khaH4941arefarH3605aboveמָר֣וֹםma.RomH4791outH3605of hissightמִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹmi.neg.DoH5048: as forallH3605hisadversariesצ֝וֹרְרָ֗יוtzo.RavH6887, he puffeth at them.

6He saith in hisheartבְּ֭לִבּוֹbe.li.boH3820, I shallnotH3808bemovedאֶמּ֑וֹט'e.MotH4131: toallלְדֹ֥רle.DorH1755generationsוָ֝דֹ֗רva.DorH1755I shallnotH3808be in adversity.

7Hismouthפִּ֣יהוּPi.huH6310isfullמָ֭לֵאMa.le'H4390of cursing anddeceitוּמִרְמ֣וֹתu.mir.MotH4820andoppressionוָתֹ֑ךְva.TokhH8496:underתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478histongueלְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹle.sho.NoH3956ismischiefעָמָ֥ל'a.MalH5999andiniquityוָאָֽוֶן׃va.'A.venH205.

8He sitteth in thelurkingבְּמַאְרַ֬בbe.ma'.RavH3993placesH4565of the villages: in the covertplacesH4565doth he murder theinnocentנָקִ֑יna.KiH5355: hiseyesעֵ֝ינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869are privilysetיֵשֵׁ֤ב׀ye.ShevH3427againstH5869the helpless.

9He lurketh in the covert as alionכְּאַרְיֵ֬הke.'ar.YehH738in his den: he lieth inwaitH693tocatchלַחֲט֣וֹףla.cha.TofH2414thepoorעָנִ֑י'a.NiH6041: he dothcatchיַחְטֹ֥ףyach.TofH2414thepoorעָ֝נִ֗י'a.NiH6041, when he draweth him in hisnetבְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ve.rish.ToH7568.

10He croucheth, he bowethdownH5307, and the helplessfallוְנָפַ֥לve.na.FalH5307by hisstrongH6099onesבַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יוba.'a.tzu.MavH6099.

11He saith in hisheartבְּ֭לִבּוֹbe.li.boH3820,Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410hathforgottenשָׁ֣כַֽחSha.khachH7911: he hideth hisfaceפָּ֝נָ֗יוpa.NavH6440; he willneverבַּל־bal-H1077seeרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200it.

12Ariseקוּמָ֤הku.MahH6965, OLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068; OGodאֵ֭ל'elH410,liftנְשָׂ֣אne.Sa'H5375upH6965thinehandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027:forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911notאַל־'al-H408thepoorH6041.

13Wherefore doth thewickedרָשָׁ֥ע׀ra.Sha'H7563contemnGodאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430, andsayאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559in hisheartבְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹbe.li.BoH3820, Thou wiltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808requireתִּדְרֹֽשׁ׃tid.RoshH1875it?

14Thon hastseenרָאִ֡תָהra.'I.tahH7200it; for thou beholdestmischiefעָ֘מָ֤ל'a.MalH5999andspiteH5921, totakeהָיִ֬יתָha.Yi.taH1961itintoH5921thyhandבְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָbe.Ya.De.khaH3027: the helpless committethhimselfH3027unto thee; thou hast been thehelperעוֹזֵֽר׃o.ZerH5826of thefatherlessיָ֝ת֗וֹםya.TomH3490.

15Breakשְׁ֭בֹרShe.vorH7665thou thearmזְר֣וֹעַze.Ro.a'H2220of thewickedרָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'H7563; and as for theevilוָ֝רָ֗עva.Ra'H7451manH7563,seekתִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־tid.ro.osh-H1875outH4672hiswickednessרִשְׁע֥וֹrish.'OH7562till thoufindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672noneבַל־val-H1077.

16TheLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068isKingמֶ֭לֶךְMe.lekhH4428foreverוָעֶ֑דva.'EdH5703andeverH5703: thenationsג֝וֹיִ֗םgo.YimH1471areperishedאָבְד֥וּ'a.ve.DuH6outH6of hislandמֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ׃me.'ar.tzoH776.

17LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, thou hastheardH8085thedesireתַּאֲוַ֬תta.'a.VatH8378of the meek: thou wiltprepareתָּכִ֥יןta.KhinH3559theirheartלִ֝בָּ֗םli.BamH3820, thou wilt cause thineearאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241tohearH8085:

18Tojudgeלִשְׁפֹּ֥טlish.PotH8199thefatherlessיָת֗וֹםya.TomH3490and theoppressedוָ֫דָ֥ךְva.DakhH1790, thatmanאֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582which is of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776may be terriblenoH4480moreH4480.

Commentaries on Psalms 10

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