Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wicked	רָשָׁ֥ע ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine singular absolute
contemn	נִאֵ֖ץ ni.'Etz	H5006	to scorn · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
said	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heart	בְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹ be.li.Bo	H3820	the heart · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
require	תִּדְרֹֽשׁ tid.Rosh	H1875	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Luke 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Numbers 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is am…
2 Samuel 12:9-10 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and ha…
2 Chronicles 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The…
Psalms 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of eve…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:12–end

David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe, I. What he prays for. 1. That God would himself appear (Psa 10:12): "Arise, O Lord! O God! lift up thy hand, manifest thy presence and providence in the affairs of this lower world. Arise, O Lord! to the confusion of those who say that thou hidest thy face. Manifest thy power, exert it for the maintaining of thy own cause, lift up thy hand to give a fatal blow to these oppressors; let thy everlasting arm be made bare." 2. That he would appear for his people: "Forget not the humble, the afflicted, that are poor, that are made poorer, and are poor in spirit…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:13

It is in vain to suppose God will overlook sin, however forbearing; for He carefully examines or beholds all wickedness, and will mark it by His providential (Thine hand) punishment.

John Gill on Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?.... God may be said to be contemned or despised, when his being, perfections, and providence are denied, or called in question, or abused, Psalm 10:9; when his word is derided, the great things of his law are counted as a strange thing Hosea 8:12, and the truths of his Gospel are reckoned foolishness; and instead of these, the decrees, doctrines, and traditions of men, are set up, as by antichrist; and when his ministers, and especially his Son, are treated with disdain, Luke 10:16; he hath said in his heart, thou wilt not require it, or "seek it" (i); or inquire after it, his iniquity; the sense is, that God will make no inquiry after sin, and bring i…

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John Calvin on Psalms 10:11-13

Psalm 10:11-13 11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten it: he hideth his face that he may never see it. 12. Arise, O Jehovah God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor. 13. Why do the wicked despise God? He saith in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 11. He hath said in his heart. The Psalmist again points out the source from which the presumption of the ungodly proceeds. Because God seems to take no notice of their wicked practices, they flatter themselves with the hope of escaping unpunished. As, however, they do not openly utter with their mouth the detestable blasphemy, that God hath forgotten their conduct, and hath shut his eyes that he may never see it, but hide their…

The Church Fathers

Accordingly understanding now the manifest judgment, and in exultation at it, they say, "Wherefore hath the ungodly angered God?" (ver. 13); that is, what hath it profited him to do so great evil? "For he said in his heart, He will not require it."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 10

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Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Blasphemy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 10:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:13

John Gill on Psalms 10:13

John Calvin on Psalms 10:11-13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 10:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:13

John Gill on Psalms 10:13

John Calvin on Psalms 10:11-13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 10:12-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 10:12-15

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 10:13