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Psalms 10:14

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.

KJV

Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

ASV

רָאִ֡תָה כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה עָ֘מָ֤ל וָ/כַ֨עַס תַּבִּיט֮ לָ/תֵ֪ת בְּ/יָ֫דֶ֥/ךָ עָ֭לֶי/ךָ יַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵלֶ֑כָה יָ֝ת֗וֹם אַתָּ֤ה הָיִ֬יתָ עוֹזֵֽר

Hebrew

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

YLT

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה
h
verb · 70×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
חֵלְכָ֥ה
chlkh
noun · 3×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • 2Chr 24:22 — Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
  • Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Isa 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
  • Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • Jer 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
  • Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
  • Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
  • Job 11:11 — For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
  • Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
  • Lam 3:60 — Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
  • Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
  • Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Ps 31:7 — I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
  • Ps 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
  • Ps 35:17 — Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
  • Ps 55:22 — Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
  • Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 86:1 — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
  • Ps 103:6 — The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  • Ps 146:9 — The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.