Psalm 10:12-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 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 he prays for. 1. That God would himself appear (Ps. 10:12): ?Arise, O Lord! O God! lift up thy hand, manifest thy presence and providence in the affairs of this lower world. Arise, O Lord! to the confusion of those who say that thou hidest thy face. Manifest thy power, exert it for the maintaining of thy own cause, lift up thy hand to give a fatal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:12

Arise, O Lord ,.... See Psalm 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, Exodus 17:11 ; or against their enemies, to strike them, to inflict punishment upon them, as God's hand is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ?.... God may be said to be contemned or despised, when his being, perfections, and providence are denied, or called in question, or abused, Psalm 10:9 ; when his word is derided, the great things of his law are counted as a strange thing Hosea 8:12 , and the truths of his Gospel are reckoned foolishness; and instead of these, the decrees, doctrines, and traditions of men, are set up, as by antichrist; and when his ministers, and especially his Son,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:14

Thou hast seen it ,.... Though the wicked say God will never see, Psalm 10:11 ; he sees all things in general, all men and all their actions; all are manifest and open to him, and everything in particular, especially the wickedness of men; even that which is said or thought in the heart; for thou beholdest mischief and spite ; that mischief which arises from spite or malice in the heart; God beholds the inward principle from whence it proceeds, as well as that itself; the mischief... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:15

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man ,.... His power and strength, so that he shall not be able to hold the sword, to strike a blow, or do any hurt to the people of God; see Ezekiel 30:21 . This prayer is in some measure already fulfilled in antichrist, the man of sin, or pope of Rome; though his kingdom is not broke to pieces; as it will be when Christ's kingdom shall be more visibly set up, to which reference is had in Psalm 10:16 ; see Daniel 2:44 ; yet his strength... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:16

The Lord is King for ever and ever ,.... Christ was King from everlasting, and during the Old Testament dispensation he was promised and prophesied of as King; and he had a kingdom when he was here on earth, though not of this world; nor was it with observation. At his ascension to heaven, and session at the right hand of God, he sat down upon the same throne with his Father, and was made or declared Lord and Christ, and appeared more visibly in his kingly office; and in the latter day it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:17

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble ,.... See Psalm 10:12 ; for the coming of Christ's kingdom, and that the kingdoms of this world may become his; for the destruction of antichrist, and for the avenging the blood of the saints. The prayers of God's people sometimes lie in inward and secret desires of the soul, and are not expressed in words; and these desires are all before the Lord, and are well known unto him; yea, such prayers of the heart, and which come from it, are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 10:18

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed ,.... That is, God will cause his ear to hear the cries of his people, so as to avenge the wrongs done to the fatherless, and them that are oppressed by the man of sin; see Revelation 11:18 ; that the man of the earth may no more oppress : or "terrify" F16 לערוץ "perterrefacere", Piscator; "terrere", Musculus, Vatablus; so Ainsworth. , the dear children of God, and faithful witnesses of Christ, as he has done; for by "the man of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 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 repent. If they repent not let them be punished. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the tacked contemn God? - How is it that the Lord permits such persons to triumph in their iniquity? The longsuffering of God leadeth them to repentance. read more

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