Psalms 10:12

"Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

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."

"Arise, O Jehovah." The Psalm here changes the tone completely. No longer is there a description of evil men and their activities. Abruptly, there is a cry for Jehovah to intervene, to lift up his hand and to execute judgment against the unrighteousness of evil doers.

There is a glimpse here of the necessity for the Final Judgment. Without that factor in God's cosmic arrangements, the wicked would indeed have the best of things. However, the holy Bible teaches that no sin shall ever be able to crawl by the throne of the eternal God without receiving its due retribution and punishment, the only exceptions being the mistakes and sins of the redeemed "in Jesus Christ." "Vengeance belongeth to me, I will repay"! is the Word of God Himself.

"The wicked contemn God." The word contemn is related to the word contempt and means "to despise" or "to scorn." This describes the usual attitude of evil men; and, "One might suppose that they had some reason for saying that God would let such things pass by unavenged";[13] but on the contrary it is only a result of the blind and stupid folly of the wicked.

Psalms 10:14 stands in stark and dramatic contrast to the insane assertions of the wicked. God indeed has seen it and his purpose is indeed to avenge it and requite it.