John Gill 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)

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]
His power and strength, so that he shall not be able to hold the sword, to strike a blow, or do any hurt to the people of God; see (Ezekiel 30:21–25) . This prayer is in some measure already fulfilled in antichrist, the man of sin, or pope of Rome; though his kingdom is not broke to pieces; as it will be when Christ's kingdom shall be more visibly set up, to which reference is had in (Psalms 10:16) ; see (Daniel 2:44) ; yet his strength is weakened, his arm is broken, he has not the power he had, nor can he tyrannise and do the mischief he once did: "but as [for] the evil man"^F13, for so the words should be read, there being an "athnach" under the word "wicked", which ends the proposition there:

seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none ;
which designs a thorough search after sin, full punishment of it, and the entire ruin and destruction of the wicked; and the sense is, that God would make a strict inquiry into the wickedness of the man of sin, which he promised himself he would not, (Psalms 10:13) ; and that he would punish him and his followers to the uttermost for it, until there should not be one of the antichristian party found upon earth; with which sense agrees (Psalms 10:16) ; see (Psalms 104:35) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: (erw) "improbum quod attinet, requiras" Gejerus; so Michaelis.