[1] These two consecutive psalms have the form of a single acrostic Hebrew poem.

[2] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

In contrast, both psalms 9 and 10 will end with statements setting mankind in a more negative light in the final verses of each.

In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read on the morning of the second day of the month.

[16] Heinrich Schütz wrote a setting of a paraphrase of Psalm 10 in German, "Wie meinst du's doch, ach Herr, mein Gott", SWV 106, for the Becker Psalter, published first in 1628.