תהלים 10:14

Hebrew Modern Translation

ראתה כי אתה עמל וכעס תביט לתת בידך עליך יעזב חלכה יתום אתה היית עוזר׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
כי-אתה עמל וכעס תביט לתת בידך עליך יעזב חלכה יתום אתה היית עוזר

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
רָאִ֡תָה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ עָ֘מָ֤ל וָכַ֨עַס ׀ תַּבִּיט֮ לָתֵ֪ת בְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָ עָ֭לֶיךָ יַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵלֶ֑כָה יָ֝תֹ֗ום אַתָּ֤ה ׀ הָיִ֬יתָ עוֹזֵֽר ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
רָאִתָה כִּֽי־אַתָּה ׀ עָמָל וָכַעַס ׀ תַּבִּיט לָתֵת בְּיָדֶךָ עָלֶיךָ יַעֲזֹב חֵלֶכָה יָתוֹם אַתָּה ׀ הָיִיתָ עוֹזֵֽר ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou hast: Psalms 35:22, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, Jeremiah 23:24, Hebrews 4:13

for thou: Habakkuk 1:13

to requite: Judges 1:7, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Chronicles 6:23, Jeremiah 51:56, Joel 3:4

the poor: Psalms 55:22, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 4:19, 1 Peter 5:7

committeth: Heb. leaveth, Isaiah 10:3, Jeremiah 49:11

helper: Psalms 68:5, Psalms 146:9, Deuteronomy 10:18, Hosea 14:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:9 - I know Exodus 21:26 - General Joshua 22:23 - let the Lord 2 Samuel 18:19 - avenged him 2 Kings 19:28 - thy rage 2 Chronicles 24:22 - and require it 2 Chronicles 24:25 - for the blood 2 Chronicles 32:19 - spake Job 5:15 - he saveth Job 11:11 - he seeth Job 24:23 - yet his eyes Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 9:12 - he forgetteth Psalms 10:18 - judge Psalms 26:10 - In Psalms 28:3 - mischief Psalms 35:10 - which Psalms 35:17 - look Psalms 86:1 - for I am Psalms 103:6 - executeth Psalms 109:16 - persecuted Psalms 109:31 - to save Psalms 146:7 - executeth Proverbs 10:3 - will Ecclesiastes 9:1 - that the Isaiah 37:17 - hear Jeremiah 11:20 - revealed Lamentations 3:60 - General James 2:6 - Do 1 Peter 2:23 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast seen [it],.... Though the wicked say God will never see, Psalms 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 devised in the heart, on the bed, and which lies under the tongue, designed against the people of God, either to the injury of their characters and estates, or to their bodies, and even to their souls, as much as in them lies, proceeding from implacable malice and enmity to them;

to requite [it] with thy hand: of power, to retaliate it upon their own heads, to render tribulation to them that trouble the saints, which is but a righteous thing with God: or "to put [it] in thy hand" k; and the sense is, that God looks upon all the injuries the wicked out of spite devise to do to his people, and puts them in his hand, that they may be ever before him, and always in his sight, and he will take a proper opportunity of avenging them. The Targum interprets it of God's rewarding good men, as well as punishing the wicked, paraphrasing the whole thus,

"it is manifest before thee that thou wilt send sorrow and wrath upon the wicked; thou lookest to render a good reward to the righteous with thy hand;''

the poor committeth himself unto thee: his body, and the outward concerns of life, as to a faithful Creator; his soul, and the spiritual and eternal welfare of it, as to the only Saviour and Redeemer; he commits all his ways to him, as the God of providence and grace; and at last he commits his spirit to him at death, as to his covenant God and Father: the words may be rendered, "the poor leaveth upon thee" l; that is, he leaves himself and his upon the Lord; he leaves his burden on him, he casts all his care upon him, as he is advised and encouraged to do; he leaves his cause with him to plead it for him, who will plead it thoroughly and maintain it: the phrase is expressive of the poor's faith and hope in God; hence the Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "on thee will thy poor ones hope"; for the supply of their wants, and for help and assistance against their enemies;

thou art the helper of the fatherless; God is the Father of them, provides for them, supplies, supports, and defends them; nor will he in a spiritual sense leave his people orphans or comfortless, but will visit and help them; see Psalms 68:5;

k לתת בידך "ut ponas in manibus tuis", Vatablus, Cocceius. l עליך יזוב חלכה "super te relinquit pauper", Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast seen it - Thou seest all. Though people act as if their conduct was not observed, yet thou art intimately acquainted with all that they do. The workers of iniquity cannot hide themselves. The idea here is, that although God seemed not to notice the conduct of the wicked, and though the wicked acted as if he did not, yet that all this was seen by God, and that he would deal with men according to justice and to truth.

For thou beholdest mischief - All that is done on the earth, though perhaps in this case referring particularly to that which gave the psalmist trouble.

And spite - The word spite with us, though it originally denoted rancour, malice, ill-will, now denotes usually a less deliberate and fixed malice than is indicated by those words, but is used to denote a sudden fit of ill-will excited by temporary vexation. It relates to small subjects, and is accompanied with a desire of petty revenge, and implies that one would be gratified with the disappointment or misfortune of another. The word here, however, in the original, means anger, wrath, malice; and the idea is, that God had seen all the anger of the enemies of the psalmist.

To requite it with thy hand - By thine own interposition or agency - the hand being the instrument by which we accomplish anything. The idea is, that the psalmist felt assured that God would not pass this over. Though the wicked acted as if he did not see or regard their conduct, yet the psalmist felt assured that God would not be unmindful of it, but would, in due time, visit them with deserved punishment.

The poor committeth himself unto thee - Margin, “leaveth.” The word rendered poor is the same as that which occurs in Psalms 10:10. It means here those who are helpless and defenseless; the oppressed and the downtrodden. The word committeth or leaveth means that he leaves his cause with God; he trusts in his protection and interposition; he gives himself no anxiety as to the result. He knows that God can deliver him if he sees that it is best; and he is assured that God will do that which it is best should be done.

Thou art the helper of the fatherless - That is, this is the general character of God - the character in which he has revealed himself to man. Compare Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:18; Isaiah 1:17; Psalms 68:5; Psalms 82:3; Jeremiah 49:11; Hosea 14:3; Malachi 3:5; James 1:27. The psalmist here refers to the “general character” of God as that in which all the oppressed, the crushed, the helpless may trust; and he mentions this particular case as one that best illustrated that character.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 10:14. Thou hast seen it] Nothing can escape thy notice. Thou hast not forgotten thy justice, though judgment is not speedily executed on an evil work. But thou wilt requite it with thy hand. By thy power thou wilt cast down and destroy the wicked.

The poor committeth himself unto thee — To thee he has given up his body, his soul, and his cause; with the full conviction that thou who art the helper of fatherless, will not forget him.