Psalms 10:8

"His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity."

Key Reflection

In Psalm 10:8, the phrase describes a person whose words are filled with evil intentions and actions. The speaker's mouth not only curses but also deceives and oppresses others, while their tongue harbors schemes and wickedness, illustrating the depth of their moral corruption and the harmful impact of their speech on those around them.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages -As robbers do, who hide themselves in the vicinity of villages, that they make a sudden descent upon them in the silence of the night, or that they may seize and rob the inhabitants as they go forth in the morning to attend their flocks to the pastures, or to labor in the fields. The word rendered “villages” means properly an enclosure, as a court before a building; and then a village or hamlet, farm-buildings, or farm hamlets, usually erected around an open space; and it is then used to denote the encampment of nomadic tribes, who usually pitch their tents in a circle so as to form an enclosure,Genesis 25:16;Isaiah 42:11.

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