Psalms 10:12
Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
In Context
11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalms 9:19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Psalms 17:7Show your marvellous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
Psalms 74:19Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
Psalms 94:2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
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 →