John Trapp on Psalms 10:3

Verſ. 3. For the wicked boaſteth of his hearts deſire] Though the Soul of the wicked deſire evil, Prov. 21.10. yet he glorieth in it, as did that Thraſonical Lamech, Gen. 4. and that Pyrgopolynices Nebuchadnezzar, Iſa. 10.9, 10, 11, 12.See Pſal. 5 Phil. 3.19. This the juſt and jealous God cannot bear, as neither that which followeth.

He bleſſeth the Covetous] Ʋt ſapientem & providum, as a wiſe man and good Huſband. So they in Malachy, who ſaid, And now we count the proud happy, &c. Felix ſcelus virtus vocatur.

Whom the Lord abhorreth] ſmiting his hands with indignation at his diſhoneſt gain, Ezek. 22.13. like as Balac did at Balaam, Seneca[illegible: 1 letter] with whom he was deeply diſpleaſed, Numb. 24.10.