For the wicked {b} boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

(b) The wicked man rejoices in his own lust he boasts when he has that he would; he brags of his wit and wealth and blesses himself and thus blasphemes the Lord.

Wesley's Notes

10:3 Boasteth - He glorieth in his very sins which are his shame, and especially in the satisfaction of his desires.

King James Translators' Notes

heart's: Heb. soul's

blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. heart's-or, "soul's."

desire-that is, his success in evil.

and blesseth, &c.-he (the wicked) blesseth the covetous, he despiseth the Lord.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.