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Psalm 10

Psa. 10:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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γThe wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
in his pride
ga`avah (Hebrew #1346)
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
KJV usage: excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
Pronounce: gah-av-aw'
Origin: from 1342
doth persecute
dalaq (Hebrew #1814)
to flame (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Pronounce: daw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
the poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
: letd them be taken
taphas (Hebrew #8610)
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
KJV usage: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
Pronounce: taw-fas'
Origin: a primitive root
in the devices
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
that
zuw (Hebrew #2098)
this or that
KJV usage: that, this, X wherein, which, whom.
Pronounce: zoo
Origin: for 2088
they have imagined
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
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In the pride of the wicked he doth.
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)

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The wicked, etc.
Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth,etc.
Psa. 31:18• 18The lips of falsehood shall be dumb,{HR}Which speak against the righteous one insolently, with pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:18)
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Psa. 36:11• 11The foot of pride shall not come to me,{HR}And let not the hand of the wicked move me. (Psa. 36:11)
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Psa. 59:12• 12The sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips;{HR}And they shall be taken in their pride,{HR}And for cursing and falsehood they will tell. (Psa. 59:12)
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Psa. 119:5,69,85,122• 5O that my ways were established{HR}To keep thy statutes!
 69Proud [men] have forged falsehood against me;{HR}With a whole heart {i}I{/i} will observe thy precepts.
 85Proud [men] dig for me pits,{HR}Which [is], not according to thy law.
 122Be surety for thy servant for good:{HR}Let not proud [men] oppress me. (Psa. 119:5,69,85,122)
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Psa. 140:5• 5Proud ones hid a snare for me, and cords;{HR}They spread a net by the way-side (hand);{HR}Traps they set for me, Selah. (Psa. 140:5)
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Ex. 9:17• 17{i}Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?{/i} (Ex. 9:17)
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Ex. 18:11• 11{i}Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.{/i} (Ex. 18:11)
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Isa. 10:12‑13• 12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones]; (Isa. 10:12‑13)
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Isa. 14:13,16• 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, [saying,] [Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; (Isa. 14:13,16)
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Jer. 43:2• 2then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: (Jer. 43:2)
let.
Psa. 7:16• 16His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down. (Psa. 7:16)
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Psa. 9:15‑16• 15The Gentiles have sunk into the pit [which] they made;{HR}In the very net [which] they hid is their foot taken.
 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:15‑16)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
• The word “wicked” throughout this passage is in the singular. The use of the singular would show that the description given is characteristic of any wicked man, though doubtless it will have its full expression in one man—the Antichrist. (“Psalm 10” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicteda. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Through the pride of the wicked [man], the afflicted is sore pressed."

W. Kelly Translation

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In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.