Psalms 10
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8He 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.
9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- בַּלbalH10775× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75635× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- לֵבlêbH38204× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- דָּרַשׁdârashH18753× in this chapter
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָנִיʻânîyH60413× in this chapter
depressed, in mind or circumstances
- דּוֹרdôwrH17552× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- חָטַףchâṭaphH24142× in this chapter
to clutch; hence, to seize as aprisoner
- חֵלְכָאchêlᵉkâʼH24892× in this chapter
a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָתוֹםyâthôwmH34902× in this chapter
a bereaved person
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4102× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מְזִמָּהmᵉzimmâhH42092× in this chapter
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מִסְתָּרmiçtârH45652× in this chapter
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
- נָאַץnâʼatsH50062× in this chapter
to scorn;
- עָמָלʻâmâlH59992× in this chapter
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- עָנָוʻânâvH60352× in this chapter
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
- עֵתʻêthH62562× in this chapter
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- אָרַבʼârabH6932× in this chapter
to lurk
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רַעraʻH74512× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁכַחshâkachH79112× in this chapter
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
- תַּאֲוָהtaʼăvâhH83782× in this chapter
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8592× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בָּצַעbâtsaʻH12141× in this chapter
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
- בָרַךְbârakH12881× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- גַּאֲוָהgaʼăvâhH13461× in this chapter
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
- גֹּבַהּgôbahhH13631× in this chapter
elation, grandeur, arrogance
- גּוֹיgôwyH14711× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- דַּךְdakH17901× in this chapter
crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured
- דָּכָהdâkâhH17941× in this chapter
to collapse (phys. or mentally)
- דָּלַקdâlaqH18141× in this chapter
to flame (literally or figuratively)