KJV King James Version
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.
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Psalm 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
WEB World English Bible
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou hast seen it; 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 10
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
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:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
רָאִ֡תָהH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאַתָּ֤ה׀H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)עָ֘מָ֤לH5999 · a.maltroubleוָכַ֨עַס׀H3708 · ka.asvexationתַּבִּיט֮H5027 · na.vatto lookלָתֵ֪תH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָH3027 · yadhandעָ֭לֶיךָH5921 · aluponיַעֲזֹ֣בH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeחֵלֶ֑כָהH2489 · che.le.kahhelplessיָ֝ת֗וֹםH3490 · ya.tomorphanאַתָּ֤ה׀H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)הָיִ֬יתָH1961 · ha.yahto beעוֹזֵֽר׃H5826 · a.zarto help
Cross-references
Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.Psalm 146:9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.Psalm 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.1 Peter 4:19Wherefore 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.Hosea 14:3Asshur 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.Jeremiah 49:11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.2 Timothy 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.2 Chronicles 6:23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.2 Kings 9:26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.Habakkuk 1:13[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?Jeremiah 51:56Because the spoiler is come upon her, [even] upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.Psalm 22:11Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.Judges 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.Psalm 35:22[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
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