Psalms 10:17
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 10:17 in other translations
| BSB | You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, |
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| WEB | LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, |
| ASV | Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; |
| YLT | The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, |
| DARBY | Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear, |
| BBE | Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing: |
| Webster | LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear: |
What does Psalms 10:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 10:16-18
16-18. God reigns. The wicked, if for a time successful, shall be cut off. He hears and confirms the hearts of His suffering people (Psa 112:7), executes justice for the feeble, and represses the pride and violence of conceited, though frail, men (compare Psa 9:16).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted…
Psalms 10:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 10:17
- Psalms 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- 1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
- Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Psalms 37:4
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- James 1:16-17
Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
- 2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
- Luke 18:13-14
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:12,18; 37:4; 145:19; Pr 10:24
humble.
2Ch 33:12,13; 34:27; Pr 15:8; Mt 5:3; Lu 18:13,14; Jas 4:6,10
1Pe 5:5
thou wilt prepare. or, establish.
112:7,8; 1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 29:36; 30:12; Pr 16:1; Ro 8:26; Eph 2:18
Eph 3:12; Jas 1:16,17
cause.
102:17; Isa 65:24; Ac 4:24-31; 12:5-19; 1Pe 3:12
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Context
- Psalms 10:16
The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
- Psalms 10:17
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms 10:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El deseo de los humildes oíste, oh Jehová: tú dispones su corazón, y haces atento tu oído; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel! tu as exaucé le désir des débonnaires, tu as établi leur cœur; tu as prêté l’oreille, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Den Wunsch der Sanftmütigen hast du gehört, Jehova; du befestigtest ihr Herz, ließest dein Ohr aufmerken, |