Psalms 10:3 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 10:3

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

KJV

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

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Commentary

4 voices

Didymus the Blind

FRAGMENTS ON THE PSALMS 10:3 (398)

[The wicked] are chiefly of this type who lack wisdom and spiritual resources, nor do they hold to teachings of the faith correctly. They incur the judgment of wise providence when they praise the sinner indulging in his own desires. However, it becomes apparent enough …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ephraim said, I have become rich, I have found me out substance, Hos. xii. "Now, Lord, is it for thy glory to suffer a sinful man thus to pretend to the sovereignty and felicity of a God?" (2.) He proudly contradicts the judgment of God, which, we are sure, is according to truth; for he blesses the covetous, whom the Lord abhors.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire - Margin, as in Hebrew, soul’s. The main idea in this verse seems to be that he is a boaster - a man who makes some proclamation about himself as being superior to others, and who, in that proportion, looks with disdain or contempt on others.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

The indictment being read, and the petition presented, the evidence is now heard upon the first count. The evidence is very full and conclusive upon the matter of pride, and no jury could hesitate to give a verdict against the prisoner at the bar. Let us, however, hear the witnesses one by one. The first testifies that he is a boaster. "For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire."

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הִלֵּ֣ל	hi.Lel	he boasts	H1984 →
רָ֭שָׁע	Ra.sho'	a wicked [person]	H7563 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
תַּאֲוַ֣ת	ta.'a.Vat	[the] desire of	H8378 →
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ	naf.Sho	self his	H5315 →
וּבֹצֵ֥עַ	u.vo.Tze.a'	and [one] greedy for unjust gain	H1214 →
בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ	be.Rekh	he blesses	H1288 →
נִ֘אֵ֥ץ׀	ni.'Etz	he spurns	H5006 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
leads to
- Proverbs 27:1
  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- James 4:13–15
  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- Matthew 6:19–21
  Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32
  If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
- Philippians 3:19
  Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Through
Psalms 94:4
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
leads to
- Psalms 31:18
  May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalms 52:1
  Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
Through
Job 31:24
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
leads to
- Psalms 52:7
  “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

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06About Psalms

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