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They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />His ways are always grievous; thy judgments <i>are</i> far above out of his sight: <i>as for</i> all his enemies, he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />His ways are always prospering; Your judgments <i>are</i> far above, out of his sight; <i>As for</i> all his enemies, he sneers at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />His ways succeed at all times; <i>Yet</i> Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments [LORD] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them]; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His ways are always secure; your lofty judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his adversaries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His ways are always secure; Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight; he scoffs at all his adversaries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They are always successful, though they can't understand your teachings, and they keep sneering at their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He always seems to succeed. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He spits at all his opponents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The wicked succeed in everything. They cannot understand God's judgments; they sneer at their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />His ways are firm at all times. Your judgments are turned aside. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />His ways writhe at all times, "" Your judgments [are] on high before him, "" All his adversaries—he puffs at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />His ways will be in pain in all time; thy judgments high from before him: all his enemies he will puff at them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 9:26>God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of their sight; as for their foes, they scoff at them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />His ways are always weak; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he despises them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And his ways are dissolute always, and your judgment enters against him, and he despises all his enemies.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/10-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=845" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/10.htm">The Perils of the Pilgrim</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: yā·ḥî·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">He is secure</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḏar·kō (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in his ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">at all times;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ‘êṯ (N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4791.htm" title="4791: mā·rō·wm (N-ms) -- Height. From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely, abstractly (elation), or adverbially (aloft).">Your lofty</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Judgment. ">judgments</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: min·neḡ·dōw (Prep-m:: 3ms) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">are far from him;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6315.htm" title="6315: yā·p̄î·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To breathe, blow. A primitive root; to puff, i.e. Blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff.">he sneers</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣō·wr·rāw (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">his foes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-12.htm">Proverbs 14:12</a></span><br />There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-25.htm">Proverbs 16:25</a></span><br />There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7-15</a></span><br />Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? / Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. / Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-2</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? / You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Habakkuk 1:13</a></span><br />Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Malachi 3:15</a></span><br />So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-12</a></span><br />For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. / They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. / They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10</a></span><br />Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11-13</a></span><br />When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. / Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. / Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27-28</a></span><br />Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-31</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.</p><p class="hdg">His</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12</a></b></br> And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19</a></b></br> So <i>are</i> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; <i>which</i> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-13.htm">Proverbs 2:13,15</a></b></br> Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; … </p><p class="hdg">thy judgments</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/92-5.htm">Psalm 92:5,6</a></b></br> O LORD, how great are thy works! <i>and</i> thy thoughts are very deep… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-24.htm">Proverbs 15:24</a></b></br> The way of life <i>is</i> above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/24-1.htm">Proverbs 24:1</a></b></br> Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.</p><p class="hdg">he puffeth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Psalm 12:5</a></b></br> For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set <i>him</i> in safety <i>from him that</i> puffeth at him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27,38</a></b></br> And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode <i>the grapes</i>, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6</a></b></br> And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Always</a> <a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/psalms/9-13.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">Far</a> <a href="/job/41-24.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/psalms/10-3.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/job/16-2.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/psalms/9-13.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/job/41-34.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/9-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/job/35-5.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/job/36-17.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/job/38-33.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/job/42-10.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">Puffeth</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Puffs</a> <a href="/psalms/9-19.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/job/39-25.htm">Snorts</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Succeed</a> <a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">Times</a> <a href="/psalms/5-8.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/13-4.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/10-6.htm">Always</a> <a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Far</a> <a href="/psalms/20-8.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/psalms/13-4.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/psalms/31-18.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/psalms/18-37.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/psalms/18-27.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/27-6.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/psalms/18-22.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/psalms/18-22.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/psalms/45-4.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/psalms/22-29.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Puffeth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">Puffs</a> <a href="/psalms/18-24.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/job/39-25.htm">Snorts</a> <a href="/psalms/20-4.htm">Succeed</a> <a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Times</a> <a href="/psalms/17-4.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">David complains of the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/10-12.htm">He prays for remedy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/10-16.htm">He professes his confidence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, this can be seen as a test of faith for the righteous, who may struggle with the prosperity of the wicked (<a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-12</a>). The security of the wicked is often temporary and deceptive, as their ways are not aligned with God's righteousness. Historically, this reflects the cultural understanding of divine justice, where immediate retribution was expected. However, the Bible often emphasizes that God's timing is not always immediate, and His justice will ultimately prevail (<a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11-13</a>).<p><b>Your lofty judgments are far from him;</b><br>This phrase indicates the spiritual blindness or willful ignorance of the wicked towards God's judgments. The "lofty judgments" refer to God's righteous decrees and moral laws, which are beyond human understanding and often ignored by those who are self-reliant. This can be connected to <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a>, where Paul describes how people suppress the truth and become futile in their thinking. The distance of God's judgments from the wicked highlights their separation from divine wisdom and understanding, a theme echoed in <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, where God's thoughts and ways are higher than human ways.<p><b>he sneers at all his foes.</b><br>The sneering attitude of the wicked towards their enemies reflects arrogance and pride, common traits condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>). This behavior is indicative of a heart hardened against God and others, often leading to further sin and eventual downfall. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often involved honor and shame dynamics, where public scorn was a powerful tool. Biblically, this attitude is contrasted with the humility and meekness exemplified by Jesus Christ, who taught love for enemies and humility (<a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a>, <a href="/philippians/2-5.htm">Philippians 2:5-8</a>). The ultimate defeat of such arrogance is prophesied in passages like <a href="/psalms/37-12.htm">Psalm 37:12-13</a>, where the Lord laughs at the wicked, knowing their day is coming.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked_man.htm">The Wicked Man</a></b><br>The primary subject of this verse, representing those who live in opposition to God's ways and seem to prosper despite their wickedness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>Implicitly present as the one whose judgments are described as "lofty" and distant from the wicked.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_foes.htm">The Foes</a></b><br>Those who oppose the wicked man, whom he dismisses with contempt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_justice.htm">Understanding God's Justice</a></b><br>God's judgments are described as "lofty," indicating their transcendence and ultimate authority. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's perfect justice, even when it seems distant or delayed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_prosperity.htm">The Illusion of Prosperity</a></b><br>The prosperity of the wicked is temporary and deceptive. Christians should focus on eternal values rather than temporary success.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_injustice.htm">Responding to Injustice</a></b><br>Believers are called to maintain faith and integrity, even when faced with the apparent success of those who do wrong.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_trials.htm">The Role of Faith in Trials</a></b><br>Trusting in God's timing and justice requires faith, especially when circumstances seem unfair. This faith is a testimony to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>The wicked man's sneering attitude highlights the danger of pride and self-reliance. Christians are reminded to remain humble and dependent on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_genesis_5_and_psalm_90_10.htm">How do we reconcile the extraordinarily long lifespans in Genesis 5 with the more typical human lifespan suggested in Psalm 90:10?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_5_10_seek_punishment.htm">Why does Psalm 5:10 call for God to punish the wicked, seemingly contradicting later teachings on forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._5_10_contradict_ex._19_5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:10 - Could the call to destroy Jerusalem's fortifications without complete annihilation contradict God's previous promises to preserve Israel's security (Exodus 19:5-6)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_faithful_believers_suffer.htm">Psalm 9:10 promises protection for those who seek God; why do many believers still suffer abandonment or persecution despite faithfulness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">His ways are always grievous.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">his enterprises always succeed. </span>This meaning is obtained from <a href="/job/20-21.htm" title="There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.">Job 20:21</a>, "nothing escaped his covetousness, therefore his prospering shall not last," and from the cognate of the verb "strength." Perhaps, however, "his ways are always strong" implies only the bold and reckless course with which a tyrant pursues his end. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/73-12.htm" title="Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.">Psalm 73:12</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Thy judgments . . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">a height thy judgments far above him. </span>(Comp. <a href="/psalms/36-6.htm" title="Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.">Psalm 36:6</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Puffeth</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., in scorn. </span>(Comp. <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm" title="For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him.">Psalm 12:5</a>.) South uses the word in this sense, "It is really to defy heaven to <span class= "ital">puff </span>at damnation, and bid omnipotence do its work." It is especially forcible after the description of the haughty attitude of the wicked, with his nose high in the air, snorting out contempt against his foes, disdaining God and man alike.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">His ways are always grievous</span>; lather, <span class="accented">firm</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> steadfast and consistent, not wavering and uncertain. The thoroughly wicked person who "neither fears God nor regards man," pursues the course which he has set himself, without deviation, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left. There is nothing to hinder him - no qualm of conscience, no distrust of himself, no fear of other men's opposition<span class="cmt_word">. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight</span>. They are held in reserve; he does not foresee them - he does not believe in them. <span class="cmt_word">As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them</span>. His human adversaries he wholly despises, believing that a breath from his month will bring them to nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/10-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He is secure</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his ways</span><br /><span class="heb">דְרָכָ֨יו ׀</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·rā·ḵāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at all times;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your lofty</span><br /><span class="heb">מָר֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(mā·rō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> </span><span class="str2">Altitude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">judgments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pā·ṭe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are far from him;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(min·neḡ·dōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he sneers</span><br /><span class="heb">יָפִ֥יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·p̄î·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6315.htm">Strong's 6315: </a> </span><span class="str2">To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his foes.</span><br /><span class="heb">צ֝וֹרְרָ֗יו</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·wr·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 10:5 His ways are prosperous at all times (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 10:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 10:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/10-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 10:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 10:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>