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His mouth is filled with cursing,
with deceits and oppression;
under his tongue are trouble and evil.
He sits in ambush in villages;
in the hiding places he kills the innocent.
His eyes lurk[a] for the helpless.
He lies in ambush secretly,[b] like a lion in a thicket.
He lies in ambush to seize the poor;
he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:8 Literally “lie hid”
  2. Psalm 10:9 Literally “in the secret places”