Psa 10:9, 17:12 | 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 10:9

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 17:12

12. The figure made more special by that of a lion lurking.