The Meaning of Psalms 10:2 Explained

Psalms 10:2

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 10:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 10:1-18 - God Will Not Forget The Lowly
The malice of our foes, and especially of Satan, is powerfully described, Psalms 10:1-11. Now it is the venom beneath the serpent's tongue, Psalms 10:7; now the bandit in ambush, Psalms 10:8; now the lion in his den, and again the hunter snaring his unsuspecting prey, Psalms 10:9. And all the while God is so quiet that it seems as if He has abdicated His throne.
Then the oppressed begin to pray, committing themselves to Him, Psalms 10:12-15. May we not rise above the spirit of the Old Covenant and ask that the venomous evil which is in the heart of our foes may be exterminated, so that it leave no vestiges? And such prayer must be answered. Compare Psalms 9:19 with Psalms 10:16-17. True prayer begins with God and returns to Him. When He prepares the heart, Psalms 9:17, He prepares the answer, which exceeds all, 1 Corinthians 2:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 10

1  David complains of the wicked
12  He prays for remedy
16  He professes his confidence

What do the individual words in Psalms 10:2 mean?

in [his] pride the wicked persecutes the poor let them be caught in the plots which they have devised
בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ

בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת  in  [his]  pride 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: גַּאֲוָה  
Sense: pride, majesty, a rising up.
רָ֭שָׁע  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יִדְלַ֣ק  persecutes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּלַק  
Sense: to burn, hotly pursue.
עָנִ֑י  the  poor 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָנִי  
Sense: poor, afflicted, humble, wretched.
יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀  let  them  be  caught 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.
בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת  in  the  plots 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְזִמָּה  
Sense: purpose, discretion, device, plot.
חָשָֽׁבוּ  they  have  devised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.