Psalm 10:2
New International Version
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

New Living Translation
The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

English Standard Version
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Berean Standard Bible
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

King James Bible
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

New King James Version
The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

New American Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

NASB 1995
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

NASB 1977
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Legacy Standard Bible
In his lofty pride the wicked hotly pursues the afflicted; Let them be caught in the thoughts which they have devised.

Amplified Bible
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Christian Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

American Standard Version
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In the wicked man's pride he consumes the poor; they will be caught in the mind set which they have contrived.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

Contemporary English Version
Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

English Revised Version
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

Good News Translation
The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

International Standard Version
The wicked one arrogantly pursues the afflicted, who are trapped in the schemes he devises.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, They are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Literal Standard Version
Through the pride of the wicked, | Is the poor inflamed, | They are caught in schemes that they devised.

Majority Standard Bible
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

New American Bible
Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.

NET Bible
The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

New Revised Standard Version
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

New Heart English Bible
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

World English Bible
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

Young's Literal Translation
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

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Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble? 2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. 3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.…

Cross References
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalm 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Psalm 10:9
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

Psalm 21:11
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Psalm 73:8
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.


Treasury of Scripture

The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The wicked.

Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalm 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

let

Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 9:15,16
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken…

Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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Psalm 10
1. David complains of the wicked
12. He prays for remedy
16. He professes his confidence














(2) The wicked.--Better, in the pride of the wicked, the sufferer burns. (So LXX., Aquila, Symmachus, and Vulg.) Not to be taken of indignation felt by the sufferers, but literally of the afflictions they endure. The Authorised Version rendering of the next clause takes the wicked as the subject of the verb; but it preserves the parallelism better, and is more in accordance with the rest of the psalm (Psalm 10:8-10), to understand it of the "humble," the singular changing to the plural in the subject when supplied: "they (the sufferers) are taken (the verb is in the present) in the plot which they (the wicked) have devised."

Verse 2. - The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. Dr. Kay translates, "Through the pride of the wicked man the poor is set on fire;" and our Revisers, "In the pride of the wicked, the poor is hotly pursued;" and so (nearly) the LXX., the Vulgate, Aquila, Symmachus, Kohler, Hengstenberg, and others. The Authorized Version paraphrases rather than translates; but it does not misrepresent the general sense, which is a complaint that the poor are persecuted by the wicked. Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined (comp. Psalm 35:8, "Let his net that he hath hid catch himself;" and Psalm 141:10, "Let the wicked fall into their own nets;" see also Psalm 7:15, 16; Psalm 9:15; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 26:27: Ecclesiastes 10:8). Some, however, translate, "They (i.e. the poor) are ensnared in the devices which they (i.e. the wicked) have imagined;" and this is certainly a possible rendering. Hengstenberg regards it as preferable to the other "on account of the parallelism and connection."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In pride
בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת (bə·ḡa·’ă·waṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1346: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

the wicked
רָ֭שָׁע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

pursue
יִדְלַ֣ק (yiḏ·laq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1814: To burn, hotly pursue

the needy;
עָנִ֑י (‘ā·nî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

let them be caught
יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ (yit·tā·p̄ə·śū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably

in the schemes
בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת (bim·zim·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good

they devise.
חָשָֽׁבוּ׃ (ḥā·šā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2803: To think, account


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