Psalms 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms 10:9 in other translations
| BSB | He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. |
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| WEB | He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net. |
| ASV | He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. |
| YLT | He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. |
| DARBY | He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. |
| BBE | He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net. |
| Webster | He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
What does Psalms 10:9 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.
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…
Psalms 10:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 10:9
- Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 59:3
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
- Micah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Amos 2:6-7
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
- Psalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
- Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
- Nahum 2:11-12
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid? The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
- Job 5:15-16
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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17:12; 59:3; Mic 7:2; Ac 23:21
secretly. Heb. in the secret places.
La 3:10; Am 3:4; Na 2:11,12; Zec 11:3
to catch.
Jer 5:26; Eze 19:3-6; Hab 1:15; Joh 10:12
poor, when.
12:5; 35:10; 37:14; 109:31; Job 5:15,16; Pr 14:31; 22:16; 28:15
Isa 3:15; 32:7; Eze 22:29; Am 2:6,7; 5:11,12; Hab 3:14
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Context
- 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.
- Psalms 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 10:10
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Psalms 10:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Acecha en oculto, como el león desde su cama: acecha para arrebatar al pobre: arrebata al pobre trayéndolo á su red. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il se tient aux embûches dans un lieu caché, comme un lion dans son fourré; il se tient aux embûches pour enlever l’affligé; il enlève l’affligé, quand il l’a attiré dans son filet. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er lauert im Versteck, wie ein Löwe in seinem Dickicht; er lauert, um den Elenden zu erhaschen; er erhascht den Elenden, indem er ihn in sein Netz zieht. |