Psalms 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
KJV
He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
ASV
יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּ/מִּסְתָּ֨ר כְּ/אַרְיֵ֬ה בְ/סֻכֹּ֗/ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַ/חֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּ/מָשְׁכ֥/וֹ בְ/רִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
YLT
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 15:5 — And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
- Dan 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever sh
- Dan 6:11 — Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
- Hab 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
- Jer 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Prov 12:12 — The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
- Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Ps 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Ps 59:3 — For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
- Ps 83:3 — They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.