This is insolence, which is pride unmasked. The futures describe what usually takes place. the wicked one, the lawless one, the man of sin, and son of Psalm 102 - A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. When these psalms were assembled in this way is unknown. Psalm 10:2 The second verse contains the formal indictment against the wicked: "The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor." The subject to יתּפשׁוּ is the עניּים, and the subject to חשׁבוּ is the רשׁעים. Psalm 102 is the 102nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. In the *Hebrew psalm the young man in trouble said them. AMP. "For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire." Chrysost. fine brass, as if it burned in a furnace; and which is prefaced (28-30) God gives His light and word to empower David. The verb דּלק which calls to mind דּלּקת, πυρετός, is perhaps chosen with reference to the heat of feeling under oppression, which is the result of the persecution, of the (בּו) דּלק אחריו of the ungodly. of Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. There is one for each story. and glory of God; see ( 2 In his book Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis gives a quick definition of parallelism as: “the practice of saying twice the same thing in different words”. The wicked in his pride doth persecute, &c.] Heb. 13:8-10). 2:18 ) ; or I doubt whether, without apostolic teaching, any of us would have had the boldness to understand it; for in many respects it is the most remarkable of all the Psalms--the Psalm of "THE AFFLICTED ONE" --while his soul is overwhelmed within him in … When Mr. Hate-Good and Mr. Heady are joined in partnership, they drive a brisk trade in the devil's wares. KJ21. let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined: we read the words as a petition; and so the sense is, let the wicked persecutors be taken in the wicked and crafty schemes which they have devised for the hurt of others, as they are, or will be; see Psalm 9:15. perdition, antichrist, the great persecutor of Christ's poor For by the insolent treatment of the ungodly the poor burns with fear (Ges., Stier, Hupf. In 1 Kings 10:2, the Queen of Sheba comes to Jerusalem with “a very great train,” which refers to her large retinue or entourage. Whole Psalm. Psalms 10:2. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Wisdom from the Psalms 10/2. In the Babylonian system of pointing, למה is always written without Dag. Psalm 10 Commentary Verse 2. Psalms The accusation divides itself into two distinct charges - pride and tyranny; the one the root and cause of the other. In practical terms, it means that in pursuing personal desires, the proud person has no regard for the needs and comforts of others. But the the description of Christ answers, whose feet are said to be like these two characters generally go together. 10:12 ) ; but is all along describing the wickedness of the Luther, muss der Elende leiden - "must the afflicted suffer." Corinthians 11:29 ) ( Song of The cause of this is pride. This is essentially what parallelism in poetry is, but I have found that it goes much further than that – much further. the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "they are taken in the This adjective (BDB 319, KB 319) occurs only in this chapter in the Psalms, and only three times in all the OT. The poet asks why in the present hopeless condition of affairs (on בצּרה vid., on Psalm 9:10) Jahve stands in the distance (בּרחוק, only here, instead of מרחוק), as an idle spectator, and why does He cover (תּעלּים with orthophonic Dagesh, in order that it may not be pronounced תּעלים), viz., His eyes, so as not to see the desperate condition of His people, or also His ears (Lamentations 3:56) so as not to hear their supplication. So the Septuagint. The indictment being read, and the petition presented, the evidence is now heard upon the first count. and with the accent on the penultimate, vid., Pinsker, Einleitung in das Babylonish-hebrishce Punktationssystem, S. Psalm 102: Though the author of this psalm is anonymous, he speaks for the afflicted of all ages who must rely totally on God for relief. See it; explained in the notes at Psalm 7:13. imagined: in the pride of the wicked, the sufferer burns. They live without prayer, and that is living without God. Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined - The artifice, plan, or scheme, which they have formed. The word F19 All rights reserved. been in power; and which arises from the "pride" of his heart, the apostate church: see ( Daniel 11:33 DeWette: angstigen sich die Elenden. The two lines aren’t communicating the same idea. It seems better therefore to render the words as do (t) "Incenditur", V. L. "ardet", Tigurine version, Muis, Cocceius. ... and yet He displayed an incredible insight into even the most complex meanings of Holy Scripture. persecution: and this sense best agrees with the boasted success The important change is in verse 23. of the wicked man ( Psalms 10:3 ) . 13:21 ) ; Some render the words, "through the pride of the Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others. The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the So these words show the issue and event of persecution: and this sense best agrees with the boasted success of the wicked man Psalm 10:3. Psalm 10 # sn Psalm 10. The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor. EXPOSITION. may be understood either literally, of the burning of the martyrs contradict his will, or dissent from him. But the psalmist is not yet come to petitions, nor does he until Psalm 10:12; but is all along describing the wickedness of the wicked one. Psalm 119:99. Hebrews 1:10 makes God say these words to Jesus. The plural form of the verb is used here, but it is not certain that the psalmist had more than one enemy in view, for on expressing his feelings toward that one enemy he may have designed to use language which would be applicable to all in similar circumstances. In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. signifies to follow after, to pursue, as Jarchi, Aben Ezra, So did the sinful generation in the days of Malachi, who called the proud happy, and set up those that worked wickedness (Malachi 3:15). The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. The psalmist, then, simply prays that justice might be done. begaa-vath, in his exaltation; doth persecute the poor —. [1] He has a way of being crisp and to the point, doesn’t he? He … He has no esteem for their interests and happiness, thinking them unworthy even to consider. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Trip them up, tangle them up in their fine-tuned plots. Do not forget the afflicted. But other than that, Psalm 10:2 seems to be pretty literal. It seems better therefore to render the words as do the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "they are taken in the devices that they have imagined": and the meaning is, that the poor, who are persecuted by the wicked, are taken by their crafty schemes they lay for them, as Jarchi interprets it, and are put to death by them. He is haughty enough to differ from the Judge of all the earth, and bless the men whom God hath cursed. 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