Bible Commentaries

Verses 1-18

Psalms 10:0

Psalms 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psalms 10:1 “Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?” - Comments - Note a similar cry from Job in Job 13:24, “ Wherefore hidest thou thy face , and holdest me for thine enemy?” Note a similar verse in Psalms 13:1, “ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD ? for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”

Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalms 10:7 “His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud” - Comments - Paul quotes from Psalms 10:7 to show that all people are under sin (Romans 3:14).

Romans 3:14, “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:”