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תהלים 10:9
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במסתר כאריה בסכה יארב לחטוף עני יחטף עני במשכו ברשתו
יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲטֹ֣וף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכֹ֥ו בְרִשְׁתֹּֽו ׃
יֶאֱרֹב בַּמִּסְתָּר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵה בְסֻכֹּה יֶאֱרֹב לַחֲטוֹף עָנִי יַחְטֹף עָנִי בְּמָשְׁכוֹ בְרִשְׁתֹּֽו ׃
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He lieth: Psalms 17:12, Psalms 59:3, Micah 7:2, Acts 23:21
secretly: Heb. in the secret places, Lamentations 3:10, Amos 3:4, Nahum 2:11, Nahum 2:12, Zechariah 11:3
to catch: Jeremiah 5:26, Ezekiel 19:3-6, Habakkuk 1:15, John 10:12
when: Psalms 12:5, Psalms 35:10, Psalms 37:14, Psalms 109:31, Job 5:15, Job 5:16, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:16, Proverbs 28:15, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 32:7, Ezekiel 22:29, Amos 2:6, Amos 2:7, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Habakkuk 3:14
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:5 - took him Psalms 7:2 - like Psalms 11:2 - that Psalms 38:12 - lay snares Psalms 57:4 - among Psalms 64:4 - shoot Psalms 71:10 - and they Psalms 83:3 - They Proverbs 12:12 - desireth Proverbs 30:14 - to devour Ecclesiastes 4:1 - and considered Ezekiel 38:11 - go up Daniel 6:7 - he shall Daniel 6:11 - assembled Hosea 7:6 - they Matthew 2:7 - General Ephesians 4:14 - lie
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion,.... The first beast in
Revelation 13:2; is said to have a mouth like a lion, and the second beast in
Psalms 10:11; spake like a dragon; and both design one and the same, antichrist, in his twofold capacity, civil and ecclesiastical; this metaphor of the lion lying in wait secretly for his prey denotes the insidious methods used by antichrist to destroy the faithful witnesses of Christ; who lies like a lion
in his den, in the temple of God, now become a den of thieves;
he lieth in wait to catch the poor: to snatch and carry them away captive as his prey; see Revelation 13:10;
he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his net; this metaphor is taken from fowlers, who spread nets, into which they allure and draw the birds and catch them. The allurements, snares, and nets, which antichrist lays to catch the poor saints and people of God in, are the riches and honours of this world, great pretensions to holiness, devotion; and religion, and many lying signs and wonders.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He lieth in wait secretly - Margin, in the secret places. See the note at Psalms 10:8. The object here is merely to illustrate the thought in the previous verse, by an allusion to a lion and a hunter.
As a lion in his den - As a lion crouches down in his den, ready to spring upon his prey. That is, the lion is concealed, but is on the look out, and when his prey passes near his den, he suddenly springs upon it and secures it. So it is with the wicked man. He carefully lays his plans. He conceals his purposes. He is himself hidden, or his plans are all hidden. Suddenly he springs upon his victim, who is taken by surprise and has no power of defense or escape. The purpose here is not so much to describe the wicked man as a literal robber, as to compare the conduct of the wicked with that of a robber - one who, like a lion or a hunter, lies concealed until his victim is seen. This will describe the conduct of a large class of people - men who secretly lay plans of seduction, villany, and fraud, and who spring suddenly upon their victims when there is no hope of escape.
He lieth in wait to catch the poor - The helpless and defenseless.
He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net - As a hunter does the wild beast. Here the same thought is presented under a new image - that of a hunter. He lays his snare, gin, or pit-fall, and when the animal is allured into it, he springs the net suddenly on him, or the animal sinks into the pit, and is secured. See the note at Psalms 7:15; the note at Psalms 9:15.
