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Psalm 10:12-18
New International Version
Psalm 10:12-18
New International Version
12 Arise,(A) Lord! Lift up your hand,(B) O God.
Do not forget the helpless.(C)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(D)
Why does he say to himself,
“He won’t call me to account”?(E)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(F) of the afflicted;
you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(G)
you are the helper(H) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(I)
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
Psalm 10:12-18
The Message
Psalm 10:12-18
The Message
12-13 Time to get up, God—get moving.
The luckless think they’re Godforsaken.
They wonder why the wicked scorn God
and get away with it,
Why the wicked are so cocksure
they’ll never come up for audit.
14 But you know all about it—
the contempt, the abuse.
I dare to believe that the luckless
will get lucky someday in you.
You won’t let them down:
orphans won’t be orphans forever.
15-16 Break the wicked right arms,
break all the evil left arms.
Search and destroy
every sign of crime.
God’s grace and order wins;
godlessness loses.
17-18 The victim’s faint pulse picks up;
the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood
as you put your ear to their lips.
Orphans get parents,
the homeless get homes.
The reign of terror is over,
the rule of the gang lords is ended.
Psalm 10:12-18
New King James Version
Psalm 10:12-18
New King James Version
12 Arise, O Lord!
O God, (A)lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the (B)humble.
13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14 But You have (C)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (D)commits[a] himself to You;
(E)You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16 (F)The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
18 To [b]do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may [c]oppress no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts
- Psalm 10:18 vindicate
- Psalm 10:18 terrify
Psalm 10:12-18
New Living Translation
Psalm 10:12-18
New Living Translation
12 Arise, O Lord!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
They think, “God will never call us to account.”
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.
15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.
17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
18 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.
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New King James Version (NKJV) 
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