Psalms 10:13
Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, “God doesn’t care”?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
In Context
12Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5“Moreover, your own lifeblood will I require for a person’s life; from every beast will I require it, and from everyone who takes another’s life.
Psalms 74:10How long, O God, is the foe to insult? Shall the enemy spurn your name forever?
Luke 10:16Anyone who listens to you is listening to me, and anyone who rejects you is rejecting me; while the person who rejects me is rejecting him who sent me as his messenger.”
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 →