Psalms 10:17
Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,
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16The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.
18rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
Psalms 37:4then the Lord will be your delight, he will grant you your heart’s petitions.
Psalms 112:7They will not be afraid of evil tidings, with steady heart they trust 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 →