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Text -- Psalms 10:12 (NET)

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10:12 Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: VULGATE | PSALMS, BOOK OF | POOR | OUTRAGE; OUTRAGEOUS | OMNISCIENCE | HUMILITY | FORGET; FORGETFUL | ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT | Afflictions and Adversities | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Psa 10:12 - -- (Compare Psa 9:19; Psa 3:7).

(Compare Psa 9:19; Psa 3:7).

JFB: Psa 10:12 - -- (Compare Psa 10:17, and Margin.)

(Compare Psa 10:17, and Margin.)

JFB: Psa 10:12 - -- Exert thy power.

Exert thy power.

Clarke: Psa 10:12 - -- Arise, O Lord - Hear their reproaches see their guile, consider thy oppressed people. "Lift up thine hand,"threaten them, that they may desist and r...

Arise, 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.

Calvin: Psa 10:12 - -- 12.Arise, O Jehovah It is a disease under which men in general labor, to imagine, according to the judgment of the flesh, that when God does not exec...

12.Arise, O Jehovah It is a disease under which men in general labor, to imagine, according to the judgment of the flesh, that when God does not execute his judgments, he is sitting idle, or lying at ease. There is, however, a great difference with respect to this between the faithful and the wicked. The latter cherish the false opinion which is dictated by the weakness of the flesh, and in order to soothe and flatter themselves in their vices, they indulge in slumbering, and render their conscience stupid, 226 until at length, through their wicked obstinacy, they harden themselves into a gross contempt of God. But the former soon shake from their minds that false imagination, and chastise themselves, returning of their own accord to a due consideration of what is the truth on this subject. 227 Of this we have here set before us a striking example. By speaking of God after the manner of men, the prophet declares that the same error which he has just now condemned in the despisers of God had gradually stolen in upon his own mind. But he proceeds at once to correct it, and resolutely struggles with himself, and restrains his mind from forming such conceptions of God, as would reflect dishonor upon his righteousness and glory. It is therefore a temptation to which all men are naturally prone, to begin to doubt of the providence of God, when his hand and judgment are not seen. The godly, however, differ widely from the wicked. The former, by means of faith, check this apprehension of the flesh; while the latter indulge themselves in their froward imagination. Thus David, by the word Arise, does not so much stir up God, as he awakens himself, or endeavors to awaken himself, to hope for more of the assistance of God than he presently experienced. Accordingly, this verse contains the useful doctrine, that the more the ungodly harden themselves, through their slothful ignorance, and endeavor to persuade themselves that God takes no concern about men and their affairs, and will not punish the wickedness which they commit, the more should we endeavor to be persuaded of the contrary; yes, rather their ungodliness ought to incite us vigorously to repel the doubts which they not only admit, but studiously frame for themselves.

TSK: Psa 10:12 - -- Arise : Psa 3:7, Psa 7:6, Psa 9:19 lift : Psa 94:2; Isa 26:11, Isa 33:10; Mic 5:9 forget : Psa 9:12, Psa 13:1, Psa 77:9 humble : or, afflicted

Arise : Psa 3:7, Psa 7:6, Psa 9:19

lift : Psa 94:2; Isa 26:11, Isa 33:10; Mic 5:9

forget : Psa 9:12, Psa 13:1, Psa 77:9

humble : or, afflicted

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 10:12 - -- Arise, O Lord - See the note at Psa 3:7. This commences the second part of the psalm, in which the author calls on God to remember those who we...

Arise, O Lord - See the note at Psa 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 to exert his power. The prayer is, that God would interfere to put down the wicked.

Forget not the humble - Margin, "afflicted."The margin expresses the true sense. The idea is not that God would remember "humble"persons in the sense in which that word is now commonly used, but that he would remember those who were down-trodden, crushed, and afflicted. This is in accordance with the marginal reading in the Hebrew Bibles, which is now usually regarded as the more correct reading.

Poole: Psa 10:12 - -- Lift up thine hand to rescue the poor, and to smite their oppressors with a hand stretched out and lifted up, that the blow maybe the greater: compar...

Lift up thine hand to rescue the poor, and to smite their oppressors with a hand stretched out and lifted up, that the blow maybe the greater: compare Exo 7:5 Isa 5:25 9:12 , &c.

Forget not the humble show by thy appearance for their vindication that thou dost remember and regard them.

Gill: Psa 10:12 - -- Arise, O Lord,.... See Psa 3:7; O God, lift up thine hand; either on the behalf of his people, to help and deliver them; his hand may be said to be...

Arise, O Lord,.... See Psa 3:7;

O God, lift up thine hand; either on the behalf of his people, to help and deliver them; his hand may be said to be let down when their enemies prevail, and to be lifted up or exalted when it does valiantly, and works salvation for them; so when Moses's hands were let down Amalek prevailed, and when his hands were lifted up Israel prevailed, Exo 17:11; or against their enemies, to strike them, to inflict punishment upon them, as God's hand is said to be stretched out against the Egyptians, and to lie upon them, when he sent his plagues among them, Exo 7:4; and a dreadful thing it is to fall both into and under the hand of the living God, and to feel the weight of the lighting down of his arm with indignation. The Targum understands it as a gesture of swearing; see Gen 14:22; and paraphrases it, "confirm the oath of thine hand"; either sworn in wrath against his enemies, or in love to his people; either of which is sure and certain, and according to the immutable counsel of his will;

forget not the humble; the followers of the meek and lowly Jesus, the Lamb of God, by which character the saints are distinguished from the antichristian party, Rev 14:4; these are such who are made so by the Spirit of God, who in conversion brings down the pride and haughtiness of man, that Christ and his grace may be alone exalted; these have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; their motto is,

"less than the least of all saints, and the chief of sinners;''

they envy not the gifts and graces of others, and ascribe all they have and are to the free grace of God; they are not easily provoked, they patiently bear injuries, and quietly submit to the adverse dispensations of Providence: the word in the original text is read "humble", but written "afflicted": both characters generally meet together in the people of God; See Gill on Psa 9:12; this prayer for the humble is a prayer of faith; for though the humble may seem to be forgotten by God, they are not, they are precious in his sight; he dwells among them, he gives more grace unto them, he comforts them when disconsolate, he feeds them when they are hungry, he teaches and guides them when they want direction, he lifts them up when they are cast down, and beautifies them with salvation.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 10:12 Heb “lift up your hand.” Usually the expression “lifting the hand” refers to praying (Pss 28:2; 134:2) or making an oath (Ps 1...

Geneva Bible: Psa 10:12 ( f ) Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. ( f ) He calls to God for help, because wickedness is so far overgrown that Go...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 10:1-18 - --1 David complains of the wicked.12 He prays for remedy.16 He professes his confidence.

MHCC: Psa 10:12-18 - --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,...

Matthew Henry: Psa 10:12-18 - -- David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe, I. What h...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 10:12-13 - -- The six strophes, in which the consecutive letters from מ to צ are wanting, are completed, and now the acrostic strophes begin again with ק . ...

Constable: Psa 10:1-18 - --Psalm 10 This psalm is a prayer for immediate help in affliction. It contains a powerful description of ...

Constable: Psa 10:12-18 - --2. Cry for vengeance 10:12-18 10:12-15 David appealed to God to act for the righteous against the wicked. He could not understand why God allowed the ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 10:1, David complains of the wicked; Psa 10:12, He prays for remedy; Psa 10:16, He professes his confidence.

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 10 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains David’ s complaint unto God against his malicious enemies, especially those of his own people, whose wicked a...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 10:1-11) The psalmist complains of the wickedness of the wicked. (Psa 10:12-18) He prays to God to appear for the relief of his people.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 10 (Chapter Introduction) The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and sty...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 10 This psalm in the Septuagint version, and those that follow it, is a part and continuation of the preceding psalm, and mak...

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