Psalms 10:12
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
BSB
ASV
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
KJV
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 10:33-35 (339)
Through these words he asks that whenever the forbearance and kindness of God are being set in motion, and he is stirred to judgment against the wicked, in which judgment the uplifted hand of God, he will judge each one. With the figure of the lifted hand he indicates the power of divine judgment that seems to rest on and humble one until he sets in place justice against the wicked. When, however, he begins to exercise his power, giving to each one according to his merit, then he is said to be exalted.
With what bold language will faith address its God! and yet what unbelief is mingled with our strongest confidence. Fearlessly the Lord is stirred up to arise and lift up his hand, yet timidly he is begged not to forget the humble; as if Jehovah could ever be forgetful of his saints. This verse is the incessant cry of the Church, and she will never refrain therefrom until her Lord shall come in his glory to avenge her of all her adversaries.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
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Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
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Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
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Isaiah 33:10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
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“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”