“For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.”
The portrayal of the wicked boasting about the desires of his soul and blesses those who are greedy and curses the Lord suggests that the wicked actively encourage wickedness and mock God. The boasting about desire suggests that the wicked celebrates his own appetites and refuses to constrain them according to moral law. The blessing of the greedy and cursing of the Lord establishes that the wicked not merely pursues evil but proactively opposes God and encourages others in ungodliness. This verse emphasizes the wicked's ideological opposition to God, not merely behavioral transgression.
Church Fathers on Psalms 10:3
“Why, O Lord,” says he, “have You withdrawn afar off?” Psalm 9:1. Then he who thus inquired, as if all on a sudden he understood, or as if he asked, though he knew, that he might teach, adds, “You despise in due seasons, in tribulations:” that is, You despise seasonably, and causest tribulations to inflame men's minds with longing for Your coming. For that fountain of life is sweeter to them that have much thirst. Therefore he hints the reason of the delay, saying, “Whilst…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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