The Haughty vs. The Humble (Psalm 10)

1. Read: Psalm 10

2. About the Text:

1) This Psalm begins with a question to God: “Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?”

2) Sometimes we all feel like this.

3) What is this Psalm telling us about the haughty and the humble?

3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.

1. They are proud (2).

2. They persecute the poor (2).

3. They boast of their heart’s desire (3).

4. They bless the greedy (3).

5. They renounce the LORD (3).

6. They do not seek God (4).

7. God is not in their thoughts (4).

8. They think they always prosper (5).

9. They think they are above God’s law (5).

10. They sneer at their enemies (5).

11. They say, “I shall not be moved” (6).

12. They say, “I shall never be in adversity” (6).

13. They curse and lie (7).

14. They sin with the tongue (7).

15. They sit in the lurking places (8).

16. They murder the innocent (8).

17. They fixate on the helpless to take advantage of them (8-10).

18. They say to themselves that God will never know what they are up to (11).

1. They ask God to intervene (12).

2. They ask God not to forget them (12).

3. They wonder why the wicked renounce God (13).

4. They recognize the motives of the wicked (13).

5. They know that God sees and observes their trouble and grief (14).

6. They commit themselves to God (14).

7. They trust that God will help those in need (14).

8. They believe that God will uproot the wicked (15).

9. They believe that God will eliminate wickedness (15).

10. They acknowledge the LORD as King forever (16).

11. They see no other power above Him (16).

12. They have faith that God hears them (17).

13. They believe that God will shape them (17).

14. They trust that God will do justice to the oppressed (18).

15. They hope that sinful men will no longer oppress (18).

1. Pride is at the root of wickedness (2, 4).

1) All of the attitudes of the wicked come from his pride (1 Timothy 6:3-5, James 3:14-16).

2) “Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).

3) “Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished” (Proverbs 16:5).

2. Greed and God do not go together (3).

1) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24).

2) “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5).

3. Selfish ambition cannot see anything but selfish judgments (5-6).

1) “For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins” (2 Peter 1:9).

2) “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4).

4. Wickedness often expresses itself with evil language (7).

1) “The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up” (Ecclesiastes 10:12).

2) “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6).

5. God will require an account of every person (13).

1) “So then each of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12).

2) “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10).

6. Regardless of what wicked men do, God is still in control (16-18).

1) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

2) “The Lord God Omnipotent reigns!” (Revelation 19:6).

7. God demonstrates His justice through Jesus Christ (17-18).

1) “whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Romans 3:25-26).

2) “They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: ‘Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!’” (Revelation 15:3).

1. How will we order our lives?

1) Do we wish to be selfishly haughty?

2) Do we wish to be faithfully humble?

3) How can we change our lives for the better?

2. Invitation