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psalms 10:12-18

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Psalms 10:12-18

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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 perished out of his land. 17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Psalms 10:12-18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 10:12

Theological / Devotional

Forget. This word catches up the idea, “hath forgotten,” of v. 11. With v. 12 the complaint of vs. 1–11 gives way to a note of thanksgiving, triumph, and quiet confidence in God.

By SdaBc