Psalms 10:14
Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?
Cross References
Genesis 31:12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.
Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
2 Chronicles 6:23then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:13-18
Prayer against Persecutors. 12 Arise, O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 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. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are… Read the whole commentary →