Psa 10:7, 31:13, 58:4 | JFB | STEP | 7-10. The malignity and deceit ( ) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare ), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in , represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in , as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.

Psalms 10:7

7-10. The malignity and deceit (Ps 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Ps 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Ps 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.

Psalms 31:13

13. For—introduces further reasons for his prayer, the unjust, deliberate, and murderous purposes of his foes.

Psalms 58:4

4. stoppeth her—literally, "his."

ear—that is, the wicked man (the singular used collectively), who thus becomes like the deaf adder which has no ear.