# Psalms 10.14

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 12. Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor. 13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
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> **14. 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.**
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> 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16. Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land. (Psalms 10:12-16, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 12. Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. 13. Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”
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> **14. But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.**
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> 15. Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. 16. Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land. (Psalms 10:12-16, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. <sup>humble: or, afflicted</sup> 13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
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> **14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. <sup>committeth: Heb. leaveth</sup>**
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> 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. (Psalms 10:12-16, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 12. Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble. 13. Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
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> **14. Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.**
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> 15. Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none; 16. Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land! (Psalms 10:12-16, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Why Doesn't God Intervene Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-intervene-objection-defeater/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.