Psalms 10 · Verse 7

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalms 10:7, King James Version

Psalms 10:7 in other translations

BSB	His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
WEB	His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
ASV	His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
YLT	Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,
DARBY	His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
BBE	His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
Webster	His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

What does Psalms 10:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:7-10

7-10. The malignity and deceit (Psa 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Psa 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Psa 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud - What a finished character! A blasphemer, a deceitful man, and a knave!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 10:1-11

God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good; if we speak of their badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. The sinner proudly glories in his power and success. Wicked people will not seek after God…

Read the full comment on Psalms 10:1-11 →

Psalms 10:7 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.

אָלָ֤ה'a.Laha curseH423

פִּ֣יהוּPi.humouth hisH6310

מָ֭לֵאMa.le'it is fullH4390

וּמִרְמ֣וֹתu.mir.Motand deceit<s>H4820

וָתֹ֑ךְva.Tokhand oppressionH8496

תַּ֥חַתTa.chat[are] underH8478

לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹle.sho.Notongue hisH3956

עָמָ֥ל'a.MalmischiefH5999

וָאָֽוֶן\׃va.'A.venand wickednessH205

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

Cross references for Psalms 10:7

Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Psalms 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Psalms 52:4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms 144:11
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

full.
59:12; 62:4; Ro 3:14
and deceit. Heb. deceits.
5:9; 7:14; 36:3; 52:4; 55:21; 58:3; 64:3; Isa 59:4; Jer 9:3,6; Ro 3:13
under.
Job 20:12
mischief.
7:14; 140:9; Job 15:35; Mt 12:34; Jas 3:6-8
vanity. or, iniquity.
12:2; 41:6; 144:8,11; Pr 21:6; 30:8

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Context

Psalms 10:6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms 10:8
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.

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Psalms 10:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Llena está su boca de maldición, y de engaños y fraude: debajo de su lengua, vejación y maldad.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Sa bouche est pleine de malédiction, et de tromperies, et d’oppressions; il n’y a sous sa langue que trouble et que vanité.
German Elberfelder 1871	Sein Mund ist voll Fluchens und Truges und Bedrückung; unter seiner Zunge ist Mühsal und Unheil.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Pluet super peccatores laqueos; ignis et sulphur, et spiritus procellarum, pars calicis eorum.