Psalm 10:10 {9:31}
Good News Translation
The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.

New Revised Standard Version
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.

Contemporary English Version
They crouch down and wait to grab a victim.

New American Bible
The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,

Douay-Rheims Bible
In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

croucheth.

1 Samuel 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall remain in thy house shall come that he may be prayed for, and shall offer a piece of silver, and a roll of bread, and shall say: Put me, I beseech thee, to somewhat of the priestly office, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

humbleth

1 Samuel 18:21-26 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day. . . .

1 Samuel 23:21,22 And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case. . . .

2 Samuel 15:5 Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

by his strong ones.

Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
9His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. 10In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.11For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.…
Cross References
Psalm 10:8
He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

Psalm 10:9
His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

Psalm 10:11
For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

Proverbs 24:15
Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

Psalm 10:9
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