Psalms 10:12
Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
In Context
11He saith in his heart, “God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, “He careth not for it”?
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For thou smitest the cheek of all my enemies; Thou breakest the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 9:12As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.
Psalms 9:19Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!
Psalms 17:7Show forth thy loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand Them that seek refuge in thee from their adversaries!
Psalms 74:19Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
Psalms 94:2Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
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 →