2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.
Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit [on thrones]:
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, They have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them be caught in their pride, For the curses and lies which they utter.
Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
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Commentary on Psalms 10 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 10
The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm,
Psa 10:1-11
David, in these verses, discovers,
In singing this psalm and praying it over, we should have our hearts much affected with a holy indignation at the wickedness of the oppressors, a tender compassion of the miseries of the oppressed, and a pious zeal for the glory and honour of God, with a firm belief that he will, in due time, give redress to the injured and reckon with the injurious.
Psa 10:12-18
David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe,
In singing these verses we must commit religion's just but injured cause to God, as those that are heartily concerned for its honour and interests, believing that he will, in due time, plead it with jealousy.