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Psalms 10:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" He 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. "
Psalms 10:8
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He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
He 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.
He 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.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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Psalms 10:1
"Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"
Psalms 10:2
"The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined."
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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