Psalms 10 · Verse 13

Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms 10:13, King James Version

Psalms 10:13 in other translations

BSBWhy has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
WEBWhy does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
ASVWherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
YLTWherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, ‘It is not required.'
DARBYWherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
BBEWhy has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?
WebsterWhy doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

What does Psalms 10:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:13-14
13-14. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Wherefore doth the tacked contemn God? - How is it that the Lord permits such persons to triumph in their iniquity? The longsuffering of God leadeth them to repentance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 10:12-18

The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. 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. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted…

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Psalms 10:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-concerningH5921
מֶ֤ה\׀mehwhat?H4100
נִאֵ֖ץni.'Etzhas he spurnedH5006
רָשָׁ֥ע\׀ra.Sha'[the] wickedH7563
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhas he said?H559
בְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹbe.li.Boin heart hisH3820
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִּדְרֹֽשׁ\׃tid.Roshyou will seekH1875

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 10:13

  • 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 among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

  • 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.

  • 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 Lord look upon it, and require it.

  • Psalms 74:10

    O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  • 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 hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

  • 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 every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

  • Genesis 42:22

    And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  • Luke 11:50-51

    That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
contemn.
74:10,18; Nu 11:20; 2Sa 12:9,10; Lu 10:16; 1Th 4:8
Thou.
Ge 9:5; 42:22; 2Ch 24:22; Lu 11:50,51

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Context

  • Psalms 10:12

    Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

  • Psalms 10:13

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

  • Psalms 10:14

    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

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Psalms 10:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué irrita el malo á Dios? En su corazón ha dicho que no lo inquirirás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pourquoi le méchant méprise-t-il Dieu? Il dit en son cœur: Tu ne t’enquerras pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Warum verachtet der Gesetzlose Gott, spricht in seinem Herzen, du werdest nicht nachforschen?