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Psalms 10:12
12Rise up, Lord! Do something, God, and knock down the wicked person! Do not forget to help weak people.
Psalms 10:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- New International Version (NIV)Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
Context of Psalms 10:12
10He stamps on the people that he catches, and he knocks them down to the ground. The weak person falls down, because the wicked person is too strong. 11The wicked person says to himself, ‘God will give me no trouble! He does not even see what I do.’ Rise up, Lord! Do something, God, and knock down the wicked person! Do not forget to help weak people. 13Why do wicked people insult God? They say to themselves, ‘God will not give me any trouble.’ 14Surely, God, you see what is happening. You see how wicked people bring pain and trouble. You decide what to do about it. The weak person trusts that you will help him. You take care of children who have no father.
Read all of Psalms 10Psalms 10:12 word by word
קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֭ל נְשָׂ֣א יָדֶ֑ךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח עֲנָוִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 10:12
- Psalms 3:7Lord, stand up! My God, save me from my enemies! Hit all my enemies in the face. Break the teeth of those bad people.
- Psalms 7:6But Lord, now do something! Wake up and help me! Show how angry you are against my enemies. Punish them in the way that you know is right!
- Psalms 9:19Lord, stand up! Do not let people turn against you! Bring the nations to stand in front of you. Judge them!
- Psalms 94:2Judge of all people on the earth, do something! Punish proud people as they deserve!
- Isaiah 26:11Lord, you are ready to punish them, but they do not realize that. Make them see that you love your own people. Then they will become ashamed. In your anger, punish them with fire, as your enemies deserve.
- Isaiah 33:10The Lord says, ‘Now I will stand up to do something. I will show that I am great and powerful.
- Micah 5:9You will be strong like that and so you will beat your enemies. You will kill all of them.
- Psalms 9:12God punishes murderers, and he takes care of people who receive pain from others. When they call to him, he does not refuse to help them.
- Psalms 13:1Lord, will you forget about me for ever? When will you remember to come and help me?
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be kind and help us? Is he so angry that he will not be kind to us any more?’ Selah.
Commentaries on Psalms 10:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Arise, O Lord - Hear their reproaches see their guile, consider thy oppressed people. "Lift up thine hand," threaten them, that they may desist and repent. If they repent not let them be punished.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Arise, O Lord - See the note at Psalm 3:7. This commences the second part of the psalm, in which the author calls on God to remember those who were oppressed and wronged by the wicked. By suffering the wicked thus to carry on their plans, God seemed to be indifferent to human affairs, and the psalmist, therefore, invokes him to interpose, and to rescue the afflicted from their grasp. O God, lift up thine hand - As one does when he is about to strike, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. God prepares the heart for prayer, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted, persecuted, or tempted believer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15With confidence that the wicked will be held responsible for their deeds and that the Lord will care for the helpless, the psalmist prays intensely for rescue from evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Compare Psa 9:19; 3:7). the humble--(Compare Psa 10:17, and Margin.) lift up thine hand--exert thy power.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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