Psalms 17:14
from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
Cross References
Job 12:9Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things?
Job 21:21For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
Job 27:14If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
Psalms 49:17Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
Psalms 73:12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:9-15
Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord , disappoint him,… Read the whole commentary →