Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 10:15

"Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none." — Psalms 10:15 (ASV)

Seek out. —The meaning of the verse is clear, from Psalm 37:36 and Isaiah 41:12, where we see that to seek and not find was a proverb expressing “riddance of evil;” but the construction is difficult. The first clause should end at “wicked,” the words “and the evil” being absolute; and the verbs, which are in form either second or third person, should be taken in the second. Translate, and as for the evil man, you shall look for his wickedness, and not find it. (you=anybody, which preserves the proverbial tone. So the Septuagint, his sin shall be sought, and not be found.)