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Psalms 10 · Grade 5

You Have Heard the Humble

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Psalm 10 has no title. In the Hebrew it continues the partial alphabet pattern of Psalm 9, and it carries the same concern for the afflicted. It begins with a lament: Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? The psalm lets believers voice confusion when God seems distant.

Much of the psalm is a portrait of the arrogant wicked man. He boasts of his heart's cravings, blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. In the pride of his face he has no room in his thoughts for God. Like a lion in ambush, he lies in wait to catch the helpless. His deepest error is living as if God were absent: he says in his heart that God has forgotten, hides his face, and will never see it. In the New Testament, Romans 3:14 uses verse 7, about a mouth full of cursing, to describe the sin of all people.

The final section answers the lament. The psalmist prays, Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless. He declares that God does see trouble and grief and helps the victim and the fatherless. The psalm ends in confidence: Yahweh is King forever and ever. He has heard the desire of the humble, will prepare their heart, and will judge the fatherless and the oppressed.

Show What You Know

  1. How does Psalm 10 connect to Psalm 9?

  2. What is the wicked man's deepest error?

  3. How does Romans 3:14 use this psalm?

  4. What does the psalm declare about Yahweh at the end?

Crossword

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Across

  1. For the ____ boasts of his heart’s cravings.
  2. You consider it to take it into your ____.
  3. He says in his ____.

Down

  1. Yahweh is ____ forever and ever.
  2. You have heard the desire of the ____.

Think About It

  1. The wicked man lives as if God does not see. How would your choices change if you remembered that God sees everything?

  2. God hears the humble and helps the oppressed. Where could you stand up for someone who is weak?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.”

Psalms 10:16 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for seeing and helping the poor. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • The psalmist brought his complaint openly to God. How can you bring your honest complaints to God in faith?
  • How could you be a friend to someone who has no helper?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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