Psalm 10:2 {9:23}
Good News Translation
The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

New Revised Standard Version
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Contemporary English Version
Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

New American Bible
Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

The wicked.

Psalm 31:18 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

Psalm 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

Psalm 59:12 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,

Psalm 119:5,69,85,122 O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. . . .

Psalm 140:5 The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

Exodus 9:17 Dost thou yet hold back my people; and wilt thou not let them go?

Exodus 18:11 Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; because they dealt proudly against them.

Isaiah 10:12,13 And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes. . . .

Isaiah 14:13,16 And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north. . . .

Jeremiah 43:2 Azarias the son of Osaias, and Johanan the son of Caree, and all the proud men, made answer, saying to Jeremiah: Thou tellest a lie: the Lord our God hath not sent thee, saying: Go not into Egypt, to dwell there.

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Psalm 7:16 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

Psalm 9:15,16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid. . . .

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
1Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? 2Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.3For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.…
Cross References
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Psalm 7:16
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

Psalm 9:16
The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

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 21:11
For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

Psalm 73:8
They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.

Psalm 140:8
Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

Psalm 10:1
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