Psalm 10:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised.

American Standard Version (1901)

² In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Common English Bible

² Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly in hot pursuit of those who suffer. Let them get caught in the very same schemes they’ve thought up!

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, "Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow."

Psalm 10:2 Cross References

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Psalm 36:11

Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me or the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 7:16

Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.

Psalm 119:122

Guarantee your servant’s well-being; do not let the godless oppress me.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me; they flout your law.

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there,’

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,

Isaiah 14:13

You said to yourself, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of assembly on the heights of Zaphon;

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”

Exodus 9:17

You are still exalting yourself against my people by not letting them go.

Psalm 109:16

For he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.