Psalms 10:9 meaning and explanation

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

Psalms 10:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 10 is a lament in which an unnamed psalmist brings the apparent success of the wicked and the suffering of the helpless before God. In verse 9 the wicked man is pictured first as a lion crouching in a thicket, then as a hunter hiding a net.

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