Psa 10:1 | KingComments | STEP | Psalm 10 continues as an acrostic where Psalm 9 ends. Psalm 9 ends with the letter kaph and Psalm 10 continues in with the letter lamedh . Just as in Psalm 9, where we read about the wicked ( ), after which a letter is skipped, daleth , here we also read about the wicked and six letters are skipped. Psalm 10 does not continue with the next letter, qoph , until in and then continues with the acrostic. are not part of the acrostic. As mentioned, six letters are skipped. The number 6 is the number of man; 666 is the number of the man of sin, the antichrist ( ). The antichrist is a person. He is the future, false king of Israel. He is wicked in the sense that he declares of himself that he is God. He is not an atheist, someone who denies the existence of God. On the contrary. The word anti means both instead of and against . The name antichrist means instead of Christ and against Christ. He is the masterpiece of satan through whom satan tempts man to trust not in God but in him. At first he succeeds. He manages to enchant the mass of unbelieving Jews through signs and false wonders. This brings great trials to the believing remnant. Just as Cain could not endure Abel, the wicked does not endure the God-fearing. Psalm 10 writes of the believer’s difficulty with God’s governmental ways when he sees that the wicked are seemingly doing well (cf. ). The question receives no theological answer, but is answered by pointing to God’s care for His own ( ). The psalm begins with a cry of anguish to God. The psalmist is in distress; he cries out to the LORD. Where is He, now that he needs Him so much? He exists, the psalmist knows that, but He is not near him, he does not experience His presence. The LORD stands afar off and makes no move to come to his aid (cf. ). He asks the LORD why He hides Himself, just when he needs Him so much, when he is “in times of trouble”. In the next few verses he describes why he is in distress. There he describes a relentless enemy who pursues him relentlessly. Yet that enemy is not his real need; his major need is that God hides Himself.

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Introduction

Psalm 10 continues as an acrostic where Psalm 9 ends. Psalm 9 ends with the letter kaph and Psalm 10 continues in Psa 10:1 with the letter lamedh. Just as in Psalm 9, where we read about the wicked (Psa 9:5), after which a letter is skipped, daleth, here we also read about the wicked and six letters are skipped. Psalm 10 does not continue with the next letter, qoph, until in Psa 10:12 and then continues with the acrostic.

Psa 10:2-11 are not part of the acrostic. As mentioned, six letters are skipped. The number 6 is the number of man; 666 is the number of the man of sin, the antichrist (Rev 13:18). The antichrist is a person. He is the future, false king of Israel. He is wicked in the sense that he declares of himself that he is God. He is not an atheist, someone who denies the existence of God. On the contrary. The word anti means both instead of and against. The name antichrist means instead of Christ and against Christ.

He is the masterpiece of satan through whom satan tempts man to trust not in God but in him. At first he succeeds. He manages to enchant the mass of unbelieving Jews through signs and false wonders. This brings great trials to the believing remnant. Just as Cain could not endure Abel, the wicked does not endure the God-fearing.

Psalm 10 writes of the believer’s difficulty with God’s governmental ways when he sees that the wicked are seemingly doing well (cf. Psa 73:2-3 ; 16-17). The question receives no theological answer, but is answered by pointing to God’s care for His own (Psa 10:14).

Why Does God Not Intervene?

The psalm begins with a cry of anguish to God. The psalmist is in distress; he cries out to the LORD. Where is He, now that he needs Him so much? He exists, the psalmist knows that, but He is not near him, he does not experience His presence. The LORD stands afar off and makes no move to come to his aid (cf. Isa 49:14).

He asks the LORD why He hides Himself, just when he needs Him so much, when he is “in times of trouble”. In the next few verses he describes why he is in distress. There he describes a relentless enemy who pursues him relentlessly. Yet that enemy is not his real need; his major need is that God hides Himself.