13 Why has the wicked spurned God? This afflicted one borrowed his tone and some of his phrasing from Job, who is the Old Testamentâs greatest example of affliction. (28-30) God gives His light and word to empower David. we read the words as a petition; and so the sense is, let the Properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute. Luther, muss der Elende leiden - "must the afflicted suffer." of the wicked man ( Psalms 10:3 ) . ) ( Revelation 1:15 ) ( is Milel; but, when the following closely connected word begins with one of the letters אהע it becomes Milra, with five exceptions, viz., Psalm 49:6; 1 Samuel 28:15; 2 Samuel 14:31 (three instances in which the guttural of the second word has the vowel i), and 2 Samuel 2:22, and Jeremiah 15:18. In the Babylonian system of pointing, למה is always written without Dag. 2. When these psalms were assembled in this way is unknown. The psalmist, then, simply prays that justice might be done. This is essentially what parallelism in poetry is, but I have found that it goes much further than that â much further. Ver. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others." 2:18 ) ; or But the psalmist is not yet come to petitions, nor does he until Psalm 10:12; but is all along describing the wickedness of the wicked one. Compare Psalm 5:10, note; Psalm 7:15-16, notes. (s) "fervide persequitur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ferventer", Gejerus; so Ainsworth. is always Milra with the single exception of Job 7:20, and ימּה with Dag. Train is simply a word for âprocessionâ or âparade.â (The word train was chosen to denote the modern method of rail transportation because it is a long lineâlike a parade of cars hauling people and things.) There are none who will dispute the justice of God, when he shall hang every Haman on his own gallows, and cast all the enemies of his Daniels into their own den of lions. Psalm 10:2-11 New International Version (NIV) 2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. figuratively, of the poor saints burning with grief at the pride For by the insolent treatment of the ungodly the poor burns with fear (Ges., Stier, Hupf. schemes they lay for them, as Jarchi interprets it, and are put not bearing that any should refuse to pay homage to him, The psalmist doubtless refers to himself as a poor and persecuted man; and the time in his life would seem to be when he was without a protector or friend, probably before he came to the throne. See Psalm 10:2 with its adjacent verses in boldbelow. Psalms 10:2 Context. To whom else should he, or we, turn in anxious hours? All rights reserved. ), not vexation (Hengst.). Those who, apart from this, are afflicted are held ensnared in the crafty and malicious devices which the ungodly have contrived and plotted against them, without being able to disentangle themselves. the description of Christ answers, whose feet are said to be like Doth persecute the poor - עני ידלק yidelaq ‛ânı̂y. In Psalm 10:2 we have another form of parallelism. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. AMP. 13:21 ) ; Some render the words, "through the pride of the The first testifies that he is a boaster. Verse 2. NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: PSALM 10:12-15 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand. may be understood either literally, of the burning of the martyrs Psalm 10 # sn Psalm 10. I doubt whether, without apostolic teaching, any of us would have had the boldness to understand it; for in many respects it is the most remarkable of all the Psalms--the Psalm of "THE AFFLICTED ONE" --while his soul is overwhelmed within him in ⦠Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you. The accusation divides itself into two distinct charges - pride and tyranny; the one the root and cause of the other. I think all three uses refer to a person being attacked. these two characters generally go together. ... and the meaning is, that the poor, who are persecuted by the wicked, are taken by their crafty schemes they lay for them, as Jarchi interprets it, and are put to death by them. There is one for each story. poor Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. So did the sinful generation in the days of Malachi, who called the proud happy, and set up those that worked wickedness (Malachi 3:15). ), and that out of his pride, the true cause of persecution, whatever else is pretended. In the *Hebrew psalm the young man in trouble said them. 3 He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord. Psalms 10:2. It seems better therefore to render the words as do the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "they are taken in the devices that they have imagined": and the meaning is, that the poor, who are persecuted by the wicked, are taken by their crafty schemes they lay for them, as Jarchi interprets it, and are put to death by them. The second verse contains the formal indictment against the wicked: "The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor." KJ21. But other than that, Psalm 10:2 seems to be pretty literal. Psalm 10:2, CSB : "In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised." hence persecution is compared to the heat of the sun, ( Matthew 13:6 begaa-vath, in his exaltation; doth persecute the poor —. Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. The word rendered persecuteth - דלק dâlaq - means properly to burn, to flame; then to burn with love, with anger; then to burn after anyone, to persecute. The plural form of the verb is used here, but it is not certain that the psalmist had more than one enemy in view, for on expressing his feelings toward that one enemy he may have designed to use language which would be applicable to all in similar circumstances. 1. Horsley renders it, "In the exaltation of the impious one the helpless is consumed." Many phrases also match others in the psalms. 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