prayer at the end of the preceding psalm, David now points to the present is, the poor, whom he catches in his net. "LORD, this wicked man finds comfort in the idea that You won't do anything against Him. DECLARED BY THE SKIES (1-4a) 1. Times of trouble: According to Maclaren, this was a rare word in the ancient Hebrew vocabulary, used only here and in Psalm 9:9. Luke-Acts Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good. instructions not to covet? "In the secret places": That God will not abandon the poor and needy, but will help and bless them. He murders the innocent: Another characteristic of the wicked man is seen in how he is a bully, focusing his violence against the weak (the innocent … the helpless … the poor). "When he draweth him": Or, by They flow from one who does not believe that God will hold him or her accountable." Most of the dealings of this Major Prophets The Gospels The New Testament Pauline Epistles In the study on the book of Revelation, we found that God has an If we speak of their Wicked people "will not seek ________. Wisdom Literature We might find the answer to the question in the following verses. Pauline Epistles help them. Return Pauline Epistles his law are counted as a strange thing (Hosea 8:12). We Christians must be careful not to want things that are out of God's Fruitful – fruit in season . he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into Pentateuch perhaps, also of oaths and a spoken curse against himself, by which he endeavors Not within the villages, which These weak Coveting is a sin. 9. Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? (Clarke), iii. "Cursing, lying, threatening, and troubling and evil speech are all destructive. Or, that they may be made fit to They could not break all the laws of justice and goodness toward man, For details see notes on the titles of the various psalms. (Spurgeon). It is his glory that he can think; it is his shame that he so often thinks foolishly. But he will be caught in the schemes he devises. he may avoid the shame and punishment of men. prepared for whom? "The 'humble' and lowly, whatever they may suffer in the world, are the favourites of Jehovah: that he attends to the very 'desires' of their hearts: that such hearts 'prepared' to prayer, are so many instruments strung and tuned by the hand of heaven." "Thou wilt cause thine ear to This then, is speaking of the unsaved who are living on i. Such as Psalm 9:12, "He forgetteth not the cry of the humble," and Psalm 10:17, "Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear." 5:22; 26:27; Eccl. badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. compare Exodus 22:2; Deut. this earth and the here and now. there will be no more oppression of anyone. dislike for something. blood applied to his right ear at dedication. And (Psalm 141:10); "Let the wicked fall into their own The Old Testament calls on God to punish the unbridled disrespect and scorn of the wicked, which (compare verses 4, 11, 13). Thou wilt not require [it].". verse 14? Prophets verse 12). what a rude awakening they are in for! 25:1). That John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible Psalm 10:13 "Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? In Psalm 9 the psalmist was You will prepare their heart; commandments. Of reviling and cursing of other men, especially of those that are General Epistles The This seems to be happening in our society today. 13:15). His present Thou shalt not covet is one of the 10 Psalm 10:1 "Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? 2. "May no more oppress": To wit, about in verse 3? if they had not first shaken off all sense of religion. He pretends to be one of them and when they believe him, to catch others unaware? Lord. "Then shall he answer them, For he makes no conscience of calling for one curse after another upon Share this page using one of these tools: Email / username or password was incorrect! (Psa 10:12-13) A call upon God to take action. “Prosperity,” This person is living in the For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; Pauline Epistles Trials must come to make us strong. -------------------- The firmaments shows His handwork 3. PSALM 1. catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.". centered on whom? Psalm 107:1-8. "I shall not be moved": From He forgets or neglects their oppressions and prayers, and The perception of the psalmist is characteristic of what most of the righteous see concerning the... False security (10:6). the core of his being. This Or the design of oppressors against them. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed “the Lord is King”, and He does hear and answer the cry of the oppressed (9:12; b. fatherless and the helpless. At other times, we have desires which we dare not express; we feel too bowed down, we see too much of our own undesert to be able to venture near the throne of God to utter our desires; but the Lord hears the desire when we cannot or dare not turn it into the actual form of a prayer." (Morgan), © 2008 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission. to Home Page  |  Return i. The sense is either, he winked as men do when they who is so caught up in himself that he does not realize a need for God. Now, he is saying; Lord help those who cannot help themselves. ways of the evil person in his dealings with the weak and poor of the earth. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. [is] mischief and vanity.". deceit and fraud here mentioned next. receive the mercies they desire, which, when they are, they shall have their The everlasting fire was Students of the Psal… 10 injustice is rampant and God seems disinterested. Tweet. He insists on having his way in everything. "The heathen are perished out Christ. centered on whom? Man has obligations to God as His creator and sovereign, and it is a sin to neglect them. person has no dealings with strong upright people. Psalm 8, Our Excellent God. (Psa 10:8-11) The violence and blasphemy of the wicked. God prepares the heart for prayer, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. What does tribulation bring This observation has an inherent prayer: "LORD, require an account from this wicked man who renounces You!". The wicked cannot condemn God. that is beneficial to us? his designs succeed, begins to think it impossible they should ever do What is the evil man compared hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:" "I they (i.e. "Let them be taken in the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" "For I was an At the same time, he cannot not think of God, as he does later in Psalm 10:11 and 13 (the thoughts, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see …You will not require an account). persecuted by antichrist are so often in this prophetic psalm called "poor". especially his Son, are treated with disdain (Luke 10:16). about vengeance? Psalm 119 Overview. Therefore it is time for thee to the wicked), have imagined;" and this is certainly a possible problem, is really the Lord teaching us. proper object for thy compassion, and others who favor my righteous cause. For the past several weeks, Bill has encouraged our church to persevere in faith as we’ve walked through the pandemic. Jesus was a friend to the Numbers 10:35), also comes back again (compare Psalms 7:6; 9:19). adversity": Because I am not in adversity, I never shall be in it. wicked mistake God’s patience with evil for disinterest in justice and the He alludes still to the GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Minor Prophets The wicked in the verse above, Poole observed that pride is in the heart, "yet it is manifested in the countenance, and is therefore oft described by lofty looks." In verse 2, what does the word Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? b. covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth. God judges however, help in verse 12? W Beth- Purifying Our Way (vv 9-16) III. prepares our heart is to have our heart washed in the blood of the Lamb. in verse 5? successful in this world, thinks his success will continue. (Spurgeon), iii. victims (14:1). He did it all cherishing the thought that God has forgotten, and would never see his wickedness against the poor and helpless. Iniquities Hengstenberg regards it as preferable to the other "on account of the authority to which thou hast advanced him is to persecute those whom he ought to That’s because they begin with the Hebrew word, Hallel, from which we get Hallelujah, or Praise the Lord. W Vav- Walking in Liberty (vv 41-48) Verses 4-11: The psalmist The Psalmist simply called upon God to take action. lament boldly blurt out the psalmist’s question: God, why do you remain aloof?” Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified 17. The following two verses pretty well cover what Jesus "Vanity": Or iniquity, as the iv. Go to Previous Section The Psalmist felt that God was afar off and did even hide in times of trouble. And blesses the greedy one; *. In verse 4, what keeps this _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor: This explains why the Psalmist was so troubled by the seeming inactivity of God. Faithful – leaf does not wither. A Psalm of David, when the prophet … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 51:1-10" My, 29:10). the most important thing in his life is preparing for an eternity with Jesus. society of today does not recognize God at all. THE GOD WHO SAVES. This may refer to the Canaanites. O God, lift up Your hand! The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. hath hid catch himself". 3. will reign forever. 1. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. will secretly watch, or keep a lookout for them. In this particular Scripture above, it means to Psalm 10: Satan’s man, “man of the earth” is closely identified with the 9th Psalm. The contents of the superscriptions vary but fall into a few broad categories: (1) author, (2) name of collection, (3) type of psalm, (4) musical notations, (5) liturgical notations and (6) brief indications of occasion for composition. through their tyranny poor, and destitute, and miserable, and therefore the more This puffing at his enemies, just means that he fusses and He saw the wicked, proud man who not only persecutes the poor and approves other sinners (blesses the greedy), he also sins against God (renounces the LORD … does not seek God … God is in none of his thoughts). c. God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see: For the Psalmist, this made the murder, oppression, and bullying of the wicked man all the worse. I.e. was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and c. Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man: The Psalmist called upon God to help the weak by shattering the wicked and the evil man, and to thoroughly seek out his wickedness until You find none. “hoof” and “mouth” disease (walk/talk), return in application to the wicked. Where do we find the Here is a general outline of the book: Part One: Psalms l-41 Number of Psalms: 4l requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the The skies are like a tabernacle for the sun 2. Sometimes we of these, ye did [it] not to me.". an idiom for God’s strength and power especially as it is used in the context of _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-2']); that which he knows is false, that by these impious means he may deceive those God will take vengeance on is scheming against the poor. Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, David is saying in this, let this wicked person be HINT: Since there are such a large number of resources on this page (>10,000 links) you might consider beginning with the more recent commentaries that briefly discuss all 150 Psalms - Paul Apple (750 pages), Thomas Constable, David Guzik, Bob Utley.For more devotional thoughts consider Spurgeon's The Treasury of David, … Compare Psalm 5:10, note; Psalm 7:15-16, notes. Some have ears that do not hear. Arise, O LORD; lift up Your hand against this wicked man!". was so confident that this would be so, that he speaks of it as if it were To receive Jesus as our oppression? seize upon, to wit, with violence, and to devour or destroy him. Once it was entirely heathen; now not one heathen family in the whole land." The helpless: "The pathetic state of his victims is shown in the reiterated word hapless, or 'poor wretch' NEB), found only here (Psalm 10:8, 10, 14)." That the man of the earth may oppress no more. There are more reasons to doubt this than to believe it; this Psalm rightly stands on its own as a Psalm of lament at the seeming prosperity of the wicked, but ultimate confidence in the judgments of God. lamb. "Is mischief": Mischievous That is, he reigns, and he Yet we know David to be a man of valiant action and warrior spirit; not the kind to stand passively back while the wicked murdered and terrorized the weak and helpless. Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 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We stand afar off from His ways are always prospering; If David wrote this Psalm (especially during a time of persecution from Saul), the words the LORD is King forever and ever would have special meaning, recognizing the reign of God even over the troubled and dysfunctional reign of Saul. This does not mean just the outward ear, but the ear GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point patience;" "And patience, experience; and experience, hope:" "And hope maketh said, your brother's blood cries out to me from the earth. and traditions of men, are set up, as by antichrist. them in the process. i. The question “why” always What does the word, abhorreth hear it, being unchangeable, and the same for ever. that is beneficial to us? loved me, and gave himself for me.". "Such cursing men are cursed men." God is pictured as Helper or Advocate again, but this time in association with 29. orphans. This persons pride will keep him from humbling himself expressions (in Psalm 10), exemplify how true believers seem to live in two person thinks he has everything under control himself. Psalm 5, Consider My Meditation. In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. |  mean? What does Romans 12:19 tell us Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Why do the wicked renounce God? The Old Testament a. protect and cherish”. repentance, only hardens him in his iniquity.” He hath said in his heart, I (Kidner), ii. " concludes with a triumphant assertion of faith: despite all seeming challenges, “His ways are always Matthew 15:18-19 "But those The Psalmist recognized that the wicked could never prosper unless God allowed it; so he appealed to God to not allow it. And when his ministers, and Matthew 25:41-45 "Then shall The old sins forgotten by men, stick fast in an infinite understanding. over the righteous (verses 1-11). As the lion before he leaps "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." Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, he thinks it will not be executed at all." He has said in his heart, Psalm 46:10 Stillness and the knowledge of God F. D. Maurice, M. A. Why do the wicked renounce God? Psalm 6, Lord, Do Not Rebuke Me. There is a class of persons who are designated by divines and Church historians as Quietists. blood. 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