Psalms 10:14
12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- KJV
- Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- WEB
- But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
- ASV
- Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
- DARBY
- Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
- BLB
- Indeed you You have seen; You regard trouble and grief, to give [it] into Your hand. The hapless one leaves himself to You; for You are the One helping the fatherless.
- ÅB
- Du har sett det;
for du ser til nød og sorg, og legger dem i din hånd;
den elendige overgir sin sak til deg,
du er den farløses hjelper. - OTB
- Du har sett det, for Du har merket skade og provokasjon for å ta det i Din hånd.
Den uheldige betror seg til Deg;
Du har vært den farløses hjelper. - B1930
- Du har sett det; for du skuer nød og sorg for å legge dem i din hånd; til dig overgir den elendige sin sak, du er den farløses hjelper.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
Read in contextPsalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Read in contextPsalms 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read in context1 Peter 4:19
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Read in contextHosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Read in contextJeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Read in contextJeremiah 16:17
For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
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