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 in his heart: “I’ll never be shaken! From generation to generation nothing bad will happen.” 7His mouth is full of cursing, lies and oppression. On his tongue are trouble and iniquity. He lies in ambush near villages. In hidden places he slays the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for the helpless. 9He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in a thicket. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the unfortunate one, dragging him away in his net. 10The victim is crushed, brought down, and falls into his mighty claws.

Psalms 10:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He sittethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the lurking placesמַאֲרָבma'ărâb · ambushH3993
• of the villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
• in the secret placesמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
• doth he murderהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• his eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• are privily setצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• against the poorחֵֽלְכָהchêlekâ' chêlekâh · haplessH2489

Cross-references for Psalms 10:8

• 1 Samuel 22:18So the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and kill the kohanim!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the kohanim and on that day killed 85 men who wore the linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 23:23Look around and see in which of all the hiding places he has been hiding, and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the area, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
• 2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another—in addition to his sin which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes.
• Proverbs 1:11Suppose they say: “Come with us! Let’s lie in wait for blood! Let’s ambush the innocent— for no reason!
• Habakkuk 3:14You have pierced his chief rulers with his own staff— They stormed in to scatter me. Their exultation is like devouring the weak in secret.
• Luke 8:1Soon afterward, Yeshua began traveling throughout towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The twelve were also with Him.
• Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord assigned seventy others and sent them out by twos before Him into every town and place where He Himself was about to go.
• Psalms 17:11Our steps are now surrounded. They set their eyes to throw us down to the ground,
• Proverbs 6:12A scoundrel, a wicked man, is one who goes around with a perverse mouth,
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”

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