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Psalms 10:4 — King James Version← Study notes

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.


Psalms 10:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 10:49 words
HebrewMeaning
רָשָׁ֗עrāšāʿ
a wicked personadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
כְּ/גֹ֣בַהּkəgōbah
according to the haughtiness ofpronH1363
haughty · height · high · loftiness ···
אַ֭פּ/וֹʾapwō
nose hisnounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
יִדְרֹ֑שׁyidərōš
he seeksverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
אֵ֥יןʾēyn
are there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
is a godnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְזִמּוֹתָֽי/וməzimwōtāyw
thoughts hisnounH4209
discretion · intent · witty invention · lewdness ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 10:4

“Why, O Lord,” says he, “have You withdrawn afar off?”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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 10 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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