Psalms 10:3

Psalms 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
• New International Version (NIV)He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

Context of Psalms 10:3

1Why, Adonai, are You standing far off? Why hide Yourself in times of trouble? 2In pride the wicked hotly hunts the poor. Let them be caught in the plots they have planned. For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai. 4The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.” 5His ways are secure at all times. He haughtily disregards Your judgments. He snorts at all his adversaries.

Psalms 10:3 word by word

כִּֽי־הִלֵּ֣ל רָ֭שָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ׀ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• boastethהָלַלhâlal · to boast: boastH1984
• of his heart’sנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• desireתַּאֲוָהta'ăvâh · desireH8378
• and blessethבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• the covetousבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• abhorrethנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006

Cross-references for Psalms 10:3

• Psalms 35:21Yes, they open their mouth wide against me, saying: “Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it!”
• Psalms 49:6Why should I fear in evil days? when the iniquity of my deceivers surrounds me?
• Psalms 52:1For the music director: a contemplative song of David,
• Psalms 73:8They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.
• Psalms 94:4They gush out, they speak arrogance— all the evildoers keep boasting.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall gorge on them! I will draw my sword— my hand will destroy them.”
• Isaiah 10:7Yet that is not what Assyria intends, nor is that what he is thinking about. Rather his heart is to destroy, and to cut down nations—only a few!
• Isaiah 37:23Whom did you taunt and blaspheme? Against whom did you raise your voice and haughtily lift up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”
• Psalms 49:11Surely he must see, even wise men die. The fool and the brutish will alike perish, leaving their wealth to others.
• Deuteronomy 29:19Adonai will be unwilling to forgive him. For then the anger of Adonai and His jealousy will smoke against that person. So all the oath that is written in this scroll will settle on him, and Adonai will blot out his name from under the heavens.
• 1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed of Adonai,” Saul said, “for you have taken pity on me.
• Job 31:24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, ‘You are my security,’
• Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.
• Hosea 12:7So you should return to your God, keep covenant loyalty and justice, and wait for your God continually.
• Zechariah 11:5Their buyers slay them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Adonai, for I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.

Commentaries on Psalms 10:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Boasteth of his heart's desire - Boasts among his fellows how often he has gratified such and such passions, in such and such circumstances. This shows the excess of a depraved and imbruted spirit. He who can boast of his iniquity, is in the broad road to perdition. Should such a one repent and turn to God, it would be equal to any miracle. Blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth - Or, he blesseth the covetous, he abhorreth the Lord. Those who are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart‘s desire - Margin, as in Hebrew, soul‘s. The main idea in this verse seems to be that he is a boaster - a man who makes some proclamation about himself as being superior to others, and who, in that proportion, looks with disdain or contempt on others. He vaunts himself, or makes an ostentatious display of something on which he prides himself, as wealth, strength, beauty, talent, prowess, etc. The particular thing here…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Unlike those who have evil desires, the godly wait for justice (Psalm 10:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. heart's--or, "soul's." desire--that is, his success in evil. and blesseth, &c.--he (the wicked) blesseth the covetous, he despiseth the Lord.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 10:3

• Character
• Covetousness
• Impenitence
• Pride
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Contemn
• Acrostic
• Bible, the
• Boast
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Outrage; Outrageous
• Papyrus
• Psalms, Book of
• Text of the Old Testament

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