His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

[a]He lieth in wait in the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are bent against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly, even as a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to spoil the poor; he doth spoil the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:8 He showeth that the wicked have many means to hide their cruelty, and therefore ought more to be feared.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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.

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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