4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Other Translations of Psalm 10:4

New International Version

4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

English Standard Version

4 In the pride of his faceOr of his anger the wicked does not seek him;Or the wicked says, "He will not call to account" all his thoughts are, "There is no God."

The Message

4 The wicked snub God, their noses stuck high in the air. Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls: "Catch us if you can!" "God is dead."

New King James Version

4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.

New Living Translation

4 The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 10:4

Commentary on Psalm 10:1-11

(Read Psalm 10:1-11)

God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good; if we speak of their badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. The sinner proudly glories in his power and success. Wicked people will not seek after God, that is, will not call upon him. They live without prayer, and that is living without God. They have many thoughts, many objects and devices, but think not of the Lord in any of them; they have no submission to his will, nor aim for his glory. The cause of this is pride. Men think it below them to be religious. They could not break all the laws of justice and goodness toward man, if they had not first shaken off all sense of religion.