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Psalms 10:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. "
Psalms 10:2
Verse in Context
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Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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Psalms 10:1
"Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"
Psalms 10:3
"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth."
Psalms 10:4
"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."
Psalms 10:5
"His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth"
Psalms 10:6
"He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity."
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