Psalms 10:12
Arise, O LORD, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
In Context
11He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
13Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 9:12For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Psalms 9:19Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Psalms 17:7Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou who saves by thy right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up.
Psalms 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.
Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:2-12
The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far… Read the whole commentary →