Psalm 10:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they 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 109:16

Because he did not remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man; And the broken-hearted, to put to death.

Psalm 119:122

Guarantee Your servant’s well-being; Let not the proud oppress me.

Psalm 119:5

Oh, that my ways were established To guard Your laws!

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me, With all my heart I observe Your orders.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your Torah.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

Psalm 31:18

Let lips of falsehood be stilled, Which speak recklessly against the righteous, With pride and scorn.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And the hand of the wrong drive me away.

Psalm 59:12

The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And for the cursing and lying they utter.

Psalm 7:16

His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.

Exodus 18:11

“Now I know that יהוה  is greater than all the mighty ones, indeed in the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.”

Exodus 9:17

“You still exalt yourself against My people in that you do not let them go!

Proverbs 5:22

The wrong one is entrapped In his own crookednesses, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Isaiah 14:13

“For you have said in your heart, ‘Let me go up to the heavens, let me raise my throne above the stars of Ě

Isaiah 14:16

“Those who see you stare at you, and ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook reigns,

Jeremiah 43:2

that Azaryah son of Hoshayah, and Yoḥ