Psalms 10:17

Green's Literal Translation

O Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; Your ear will hear.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble;you will strengthen their hearts.You will listen carefully,

Hebrew Names Version
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

King James Version
Lord , thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

English Standard Version
O Lord , you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

New Century Version
Lord , you have heard what the poor people want. Do what they ask, and listen to them.

New English Translation
Lord , you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

Amplified Bible
O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,

New American Standard Bible
LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will make Your ear attentive

World English Bible
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Lorde, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, You have heard the desire of the humble;You will strengthen their heart, You will cause Your ear to give heed

Berean Standard Bible
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

Contemporary English Version
You listen to the longings of those who suffer. You offer them hope, and you pay attention to their cries for help.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai , you have heard what the humble want; you encourage them and listen to them,

Darby Translation
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you have heard what the poor want. Listen to their prayers, and do what they ask.

George Lamsa Translation
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;

Good News Translation
You will listen, O Lord , to the prayers of the lowly; you will give them courage.

Lexham English Bible
The longing of the afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will listen attentively

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
LORDE, thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore: their herte is sure, that thine eare herkeneth therto.

American Standard Version
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

Bible in Basic English
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

King James Version (1611)
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine eare to heare,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O God, thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted: [and] thou wylt settle their heart.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

English Revised Version
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord hath herd the desir of pore men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the meek: You will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear;

Webster's Bible Translation
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:

New King James Version
LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

New Living Translation
Lord , you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.

New Life Bible
O Lord, You have heard the prayers of those who have no pride. You will give strength to their heart, and You will listen to them.

New Revised Standard
O Lord , you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(9-38) The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

Revised Standard Version
O LORD, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear

Young's Literal Translation
The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

THE MESSAGE
The victim's faint pulse picks up; the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood as you put your ear to their lips. Orphans get parents, the homeless get homes. The reign of terror is over, the rule of the gang lords is ended.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
O Lord , You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

Contextual Overview

¹² Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the lowly ones. ¹³ Why does the wicked one despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not demand it . ¹⁴ You have seen, for You take note of trouble and vexation, to give back with Your hand. The poor leaves himself to You; You are the helper of the orphan. ¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and evil one; search out his wickedness until You find none. ¹⁶ Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land. ¹⁷ O Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; Your ear will hear. ¹⁸ Judge the orphan and the crushed. No more shall the man of the earth continue to terrify.

Bible Verse Review
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Lord: Psalms 9:12, Psalms 9:18, Psalms 37:4, Psalms 145:19, Proverbs 10:24

humble: 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, 2 Chronicles 34:27, Proverbs 15:8, Matthew 5:3, Luke 18:13, Luke 18:14, James 4:6, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5

thou wilt prepare: or, establish, Psalms 112:7, Psalms 112:8, 1 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 29:36, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Proverbs 16:1, Romans 8:26, Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 3:12, James 1:16, James 1:17

cause: Psalms 102:17, Isaiah 65:24, Acts 4:24-31, Acts 12:5-19, 1 Peter 3:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:30 - General Exodus 22:23 - I will surely Numbers 21:3 - hearkened 2 Samuel 7:27 - found 1 Kings 3:12 - I have done 1 Kings 9:3 - I have heard 1 Chronicles 17:25 - found 2 Chronicles 7:12 - I have heard 2 Chronicles 30:19 - prepareth Ezra 7:10 - prepared Job 5:15 - he saveth Psalms 34:6 - This Psalms 69:33 - the Lord Psalms 71:2 - incline Psalms 72:12 - For Psalms 91:15 - He shall Psalms 140:12 - the Lord Proverbs 11:23 - desire Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Jeremiah 29:12 - General Ezekiel 36:37 - I will yet Matthew 7:7 - and it Matthew 8:8 - I am Luke 1:17 - to make Luke 11:1 - teach John 4:10 - thou wouldest James 5:16 - The effectual 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever

Cross-References

Genesis 34:2
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble,.... See

Psalms 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 principally regarded by him; they being his own preparation, as is suggested in the next clause, and the breathings of his Spirit; and especially the desires of humble souls are regarded, whose prayers he never despises, nor sends them away empty, but fills with his good things;

thou wilt prepare their heart; for prayer, by pouring a spirit of grace and supplication on them, impressing their minds with a sense of things to be prayed for, and drawing out the desires of their souls unto them, and making intercession for them with groanings according to the will of God, and so helping their infirmities; and it is God's work to prepare the heart for prayer, as well as to put words into the mouth,

Proverbs 16:1; or "thou wilt direct their heart" n; to the object of prayer, himself, and to the things to be prayed for, for they know not what to pray for, nor how as they should; and to what may encourage to it, as the love of God, the covenant of grace, the person, blood, and righteousness of Christ: or "confirm" or "establish their heart" o; strengthen and fix them, that they be not wavering and doubtful, but certain and assured of success, believing that their desires will be fulfilled in God's own time;

thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; God has an ear to hear the prayers of his people, nor is his ear heavy that it cannot hear; his ears are open to the cries of righteous ones; nor will he ever turn a deaf ear to them, but will give an answer in his own time and way; which is an instance of his sovereign grace and goodness. These words express the faith of the psalmist in God being a God hearing and answering prayer, particularly in things relating to the ruin of antichrist and his followers, and to the kingdom and glory of his son Jesus Christ.

n תכין לבם "dirigis", Vatablus; "diriges", Tigurine version. o "Confirmas", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; "confirmes", Cocceius; "confirma", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble - Their desire or their prayer that thou wouldst interpose in their behalf in the time of danger, and rescue them. Compare Psalms 6:8-9. The word “humble” here refers to those who were poor, downtrodden, oppressed; and the original reference is, doubtless, to the psalmist himself, and to his friends. He was so certain that God would interpose, he had such assurance that his prayer would he answered, that his mind was perfectly calm.

Thou will prepare their heart - Margin, “or, establish.” The margin seems most accurately to express the meaning of the original word - תכין tākiyn. The idea is, that he would settle or confirm their heart; that is, that he would dispel their fears and allay their apprehensions by the assurances of his favor, and by his gracious interposition. They had been full of apprehension and alarm, but the assurances of the divine favor would establish their hearts and give them peace.

Thou wilt cause thine ear to hear - Another form of expressing assurance of the same thing. The idea is, that he would incline his ear, or make it attentive to the cry of his afflicted people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 10:17. Lord, thou hast heard — Thou hast not permitted thy tempted and afflicted followers to pray in vain.

Thou wilt prepare their heart — See the economy of the grace of God:

1. God prepares the heart;

2. Suggests the prayer;

3. Hears what is prayed;

4. Answers the petition.

He who has got a cry in his heart after God, may rest assured that that cry proceeded from a Divine preparation, and that an answer will soon arrive. No man ever had a cry in his heart after salvation, but from God. He who continues to cry shall infallibly be heard.