Psalms 10:2
“The wicked in his pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the deuices that they haue imagined.”
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Psalms 10:2 Context
1Why standest thou afarre off, O Lord? why hidest thou thy selfe in times of trouble? 2The wicked in his pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the deuices that they haue imagined. 3For the wicked boasteth of his hearts desire, and blesseth the couetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4The wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seeke after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- King James Version
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
- Basic English Bible
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Darby Bible
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Webster's Bible
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
- World English Bible
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible