Psalms 10:17

Thou, O LORD! wilt hear the desires of the distressed; Thou wilt strengthen their hearts; Thou wilt lend a listening ear!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

In Context

16Jehovah is king for ever and ever; The gentiles shall perish out of his land.

18Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:18For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.

Psalms 37:4Place thy delight in the LORD. And he will give thee thy heart's desires.

Psalms 112:7He is not afraid of evil tidings; His heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.

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 →

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