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Psalms 10:2

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10:2 · King James Version

In other versions

  • In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

    ASV

  • The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

    BBE

  • The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

    DBY

  • In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

    WEB

  • Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

    YLT

  • The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

    ENG

  • The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

    WBT

  • In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

    BSB

In context

1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

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