Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims; New Living Translation They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims. English Standard Version He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; Berean Standard Bible He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. King James Bible 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. New King James Version He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless. New American Standard Bible He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate. NASB 1995 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. NASB 1977 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. Legacy Standard Bible He sits in the places of the villages where one lies in wait; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. Amplified Bible He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless]. Christian Standard Bible He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless; Holman Christian Standard Bible He waits in ambush near the villages; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless; American Standard Version 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 helpless. Contemporary English Version They hide outside villages, waiting to strike and murder some innocent victim. English Revised Version He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless. GOD'S WORD® Translation He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims. Good News Translation They hide themselves in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They spy on their helpless victims; International Standard Version They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret. Majority Standard Bible He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. NET Bible He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. New Heart English Bible He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe sits in an ambush of the villages, "" He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted, Young's Literal Translation He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, Smith's Literal Translation Sitting in ambush of the enclosures: in hiding-places he will slay the innocent: his eyes will be hid to the afflicted. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless to murder the innocent in secret. New Revised Standard Version They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe sits in the lurking place of a den; and in a secret place does he murder the innocent; his eyes spy on the destitute. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He sits in ambush in a dwelling and in a secret place he murders the righteous; his eyes gaze upon the afflicted one. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In secret places doth he slay the innocent; His eyes are on the watch for the helpless. Brenton Septuagint Translation He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Perils of the Pilgrim…7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. 8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. 9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.… Cross References Proverbs 1:11-12 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, Proverbs 24:15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place. Jeremiah 5:26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him. Jeremiah 18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet. Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Habakkuk 1:15 The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly. Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Mark 12:40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Romans 3:15-16 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, Treasury of Scripture He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor. sitteth 1 Samuel 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 1 Samuel 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 2 Kings 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. his eyes Psalm 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; Proverbs 6:12,13 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth… Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. are privily set. Jump to Previous Ambush Ambushes Dark Death Eyes Helpless Hiding Innocent Kills Lies Murder Murders Places Poor Privily Puts Secret Secretly Sits Sitteth Slay Stealthily Towns Unfortunate Villages Wait Waiting Watch Watching WrongJump to Next Ambush Ambushes Dark Death Eyes Helpless Hiding Innocent Kills Lies Murder Murders Places Poor Privily Puts Secret Secretly Sits Sitteth Slay Stealthily Towns Unfortunate Villages Wait Waiting Watch Watching WrongPsalm 10 1. David complains of the wicked12. He prays for remedy 16. He professes his confidence He lies in wait The phrase "He lies in wait" suggests a deliberate and premeditated action. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "יֵשֵׁב" (yeshev), which conveys the idea of sitting or dwelling with intent. This imagery is often associated with ambush or entrapment, reflecting the cunning and deceitful nature of the wicked. Historically, this behavior can be likened to ancient practices of ambush in warfare, where enemies would hide and wait for the opportune moment to strike. Spiritually, it serves as a warning against the subtle and often hidden nature of evil in the world, reminding believers to be vigilant and discerning. in the villages in ambush he slays the innocent His eyes watch in stealth for the helpless Villages.--Properly, enclosed spaces, but then, like our "town" (ton, an enclosure), for any collection of dwellings; and in Leviticus 25:31, "an unwalled place"; applied also to a nomadic encampment (Genesis 25:16). Privily set.--Literally, hid: i.e., watched secretly. The poor.--The Hebrew word, occurring three times in this psalm (Psalm 10:10; Psalm 10:14), is peculiar to it. The root idea is darkness; hence here, by an easy transition, obscure, humble. Symmachus has "feeble." But Mr. Burgess suggests that we may in all three places keep the root idea, darkness. Translate, his eyes hide (i.e., wait) for the darkness; and comp. Job 24:15. "The eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight." . . . Verse 8. - He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages. These "lurking-places" must not be supposed to have been inside the villages, but outside of them They were retired spots at no great distance, where brigands or others might lie in ambush, ready to seize on such of the villagers as might show themselves. In the secret places doth he murder the innocent (comp. Job 24:14). The usual object would be, not murder, but robbery. Still, there would be cases where it would be convenient to remove a man, as Jezebel removed Naboth; and moreover, in every case of robbery, there is a chance that the victim may resist, and a struggle ensue, in which he may lose his life. His eyes are privily set against the poor; or, his eyes lay ambush for the helpless (Kay). The word translated" poor" (הֵלְכָה) is only found in this place and in ver. 10, where the antithesis of "strong ones" seems to imply that the weak and helpless are meant.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He liesיֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ (yê·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in wait בְּמַאְרַ֬ב (bə·ma’·raḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3993: An ambuscade near the villages; חֲצֵרִ֗ים (ḥă·ṣê·rîm) Noun - common plural Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet in ambush בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים (bam·mis·tā·rîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4565: A secret place, hiding place he slays יַהֲרֹ֣ג (ya·hă·rōḡ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent the innocent; נָקִ֑י (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt his eyes עֵ֝ינָ֗יו (‘ê·nāw) Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain watch in stealth יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃ (yiṣ·pō·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk for the helpless. לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה (lə·ḥê·lə·ḵāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2489: A wretch, unfortunate Links Psalm 10:8 NIVPsalm 10:8 NLT Psalm 10:8 ESV Psalm 10:8 NASB Psalm 10:8 KJV Psalm 10:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 10:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 10:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 10:8 French Bible Psalm 10:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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