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Psalms 10:8

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.

KJV

Quoniam justus Dominus, et justitias dilexit : æquitatem vidit vultus ejus.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

יֵשֵׁ֤ב בְּ/מַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭/מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗י/ו לְֽ/חֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ

Hebrew

For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶֽן
hn
noun · 190×
חֵלְכָ֥ה
chlkh
noun · 3×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מִּסְתָּֽר
mstr
noun · 10×
מַּאְרָ֔ב
m'rb
noun · 5×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tspnt
verb · 33×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 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.
  • Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
  • Hab 3:14 — Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
  • Hos 7:6 — For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  • Jer 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.
  • Job 24:14 — The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
  • Prov 30:14 — There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Ps 17:11 — They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
  • Ps 37:32 — The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
  • Ps 64:4 — That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
  • Ps 119:95 — The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
  • Ps 119:110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.