1 For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow? 2 For behold the sinners have bent [their] bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart. 3 For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men. 5 The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul. 6 He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast [shall be] the portion of their cup. 7 For the Lord [is] righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 10 (11) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (7)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 56:11; 1 Samuel 23:14; Psalm 25:2; Luke 13:31
- 2 Psalm 64:3–5; Psalm 37:14; Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 21:12; Psalm 142:3
- 3 Psalm 82:5; 2 Timothy 2:19; Isaiah 58:12; Psalm 75:3; Acts 4:24–33
- 4 Psalm 103:19; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 2:4; Habakkuk 2:20; Psalm 33:13
- 5 Proverbs 6:16–19; James 1:12; Psalm 7:9; Genesis 22:1; Psalm 21:8
- 6 Ezekiel 38:22; Genesis 19:24; Ezekiel 13:13; Luke 17:29; Psalm 75:8
- 7 Revelation 22:4; Psalm 17:15; 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 45:7; Job 36:7
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 11.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
saith he, "hast Thou withdrawn afar off?" (ver. 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, "Thou despisest in due seasons, in tribulations:" that is, Thou despisest seasonably, and causest tribulations to inflame men's minds with longing for Thy coming.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
And if any one fancy that amor is no doubt used both of good and bad loves, but that dilectio is reserved for the good only, let him remember what the psalm says, "He that loveth (diligit) iniquity hateth his own soul;" and the words of the Apostle John, "If any man love (diligere) the world, the love (dilectio) of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For he sends forth divers arrows, and shoots down in the dark night those that watch not; but, since the enemy is unseen, we have faith as our strong armour, according to the saying of the Apostle, In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Such an one is both impious and iniquitous; and he that loveth iniquity, manifestly loveth not, but hateth his own soul. Let us, therefore, be holding fast to this precept of the Lord, to love one another; and then all else that is commanded we shall do, for all else we have contained in this.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
For he that loveth wickedness, hateth his own soul. And yet it is said to love itself, inasmuch as it loves the wickedness that makes it wicked; and, on the other hand, it is said to hate itself, inasmuch as it loves that which causes it injury.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)