Psalms Chapter 10 verse 10 Holy Bible
He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
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The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.
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He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
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He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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The helpless are crushed, they collapse, They fall under his strength.
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He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - He croucheth, and humbleth himself; rather, crushed, he sinks down. The subject is changed, and the poor man's condition spoken cf. That the poor may fall by his strong ones; rather, and the helpless (comp. ver. 8)fall by his strong ones. The "strong ones" are the ruffians whom the wicked man employs to effect his purposes.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) By his strong ones.--Possibly, by his strong claws, recurring to the metaphor of the lion. Some (Jerome, Perowne, and apparently Syriac), instead of "croucheth," render "is crushed," making the sufferer its subject. There is a various reading to the text, but in either case the image of the beast gathering himself together for a spring is admissible. Or, keeping the primary sense of darkness, render, he crouches and skulks, and lies darkly down in his strong places. This avoids the anomaly of taking the plural noun with a singular verb. For the adverbial use of the plural noun, see Isaiah 1:10; Psalm 139:14.
