19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
19 Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
19 Up, God! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!
19 Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
19 Arise, O Lord ! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations!
12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
12 Time to get up, God - get moving. The luckless think they're Godforsaken.
12 Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
12 Arise, O Lord ! Punish the wicked, OÂ God! Do not ignore the helpless!
(Read Psalm 10:12-18)
The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. God prepares the heart for prayer, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted, persecuted, or tempted believer recollect, that Satan is the prince of this world, and that he is the father of all the ungodly. The children of God cannot expect kindness, truth, or justice from such persons as crucified the Lord of glory. But this once suffering Jesus, now reigns as King over all the earth, and of his dominion there shall be no end. Let us commit ourselves unto him, humbly trusting in his mercy. He will rescue the believer from every temptation, and break the arm of every wicked oppressor, and bruise Satan under our feet shortly. But in heaven alone will all sin and temptation be shut out, though in this life the believer has a foretaste of deliverance.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 9:19
Commentary on Psalm 9:11-20
(Read Psalm 9:11-20)
Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope, that in all our distresses he will be a very present help to us. The overruling providence of God frequently so orders it, that persecutors and oppressors are brought to ruin by the projects they formed to destroy the people of God. Drunkards kill themselves; prodigals beggar themselves; the contentious bring mischief upon themselves: thus men's sins may be read in their punishment, and it becomes plain to all, that the destruction of sinners is of themselves. All wickedness came originally with the wicked one from hell; and those who continue in sin, must go to that place of torment. The true state, both of nations and of individuals, may be correctly estimated by this one rule, whether in their doings they remember or forget God. David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred. God will make it appear that he never did forget them: it is not possible he should. Strange that man, dust in his and about him, should yet need some sharp affliction, some severe visitation from God, to bring him to the knowledge of himself, and make him feel who and what he is.