A moment in scripture
Psalms 10:9
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He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Psalms 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
- Psalms 10:10
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
- Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.