Psalms 10:17
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.
18To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:18O Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and Israel our fathers, keepe this for euer in the purpose, and the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their hearts vnto thee.
2 Chronicles 30:12And the hand of God was in Iudah, so that he gaue them one heart to doe the commandement of the King, and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 34:27But because thine heart did melt, and thou didest humble thy selfe before God, when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabitantes thereof, and humbledst thy selfe before mee and tarest thy clothes, and weptest before mee, I haue also heard it, sayth the Lord.
Psalms 9:18For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
Psalms 37:4And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.
Psalms 112:7He will not be afraide of euill tidings: for his heart is fixed, and beleeueth 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 →