# Psalms 10.17

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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.
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> **17. Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;**
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> 18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more. (Psalms 10:15-18, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.
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> **17. Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,**
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> 18. to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more. (Psalms 10:15-18, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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.
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> **17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: <sup>prepare: or, establish</sup>**
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> 18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. <sup>oppress: or, terrify</sup> (Psalms 10:15-18, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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!
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> **17. The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,**
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> 18. To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress, man of the earth! (Psalms 10:15-18, 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

**Lexicon:**

- [H7181 - qashab](/codex/h7181-qashab/)

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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.