Psalms 10:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃

Transliteration

bĕgaʾăwat rāšāʿ yidlaq ʿānî yittāpĕśû bimzimmôt zû ḥāšābû

Grammar Details

*bĕgaʾăwat*: preposition + noun feminine construct - in pride of
*rāšāʿ*: noun masculine singular - wicked person
*yidlaq*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he pursues/burns after
*ʿānî*: noun masculine singular - poor/afflicted person
*yittāpĕśû*: niphal imperfect 3rd person plural - they are caught/seized
*bimzimmôt*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - in schemes/plots of
*zû*: demonstrative pronoun - this/that/which
*ḥāšābû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have devised/planned

Word Meanings

*gaʾăwat*: pride/arrogance/exaltation
*rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evildoer
*yidlaq*: pursue hotly/burn after/inflame
*ʿānî*: poor/afflicted/humble person
*yittāpĕśû*: be caught/seized/taken
*mĕzimmôt*: schemes/plots/devices
*ḥāšābû*: devise/plan/think

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove{H8686)} me.
Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.
Ps 119:5 : 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Ps 119:122 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Isa 10:12-13 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isa 14:13 : 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Jer 43:2 : 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 10:3-5
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8He 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.
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.
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32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
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Ps 82:4
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Prov 28:11
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Ps 140:8
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