12 Arise, O Lord!
O God, (A)lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the (B)humble.
13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.

14 But You have (C)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (D)commits[a] himself to You;
(E)You are the helper of the fatherless.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts

12 Arise,(A) Lord! Lift up your hand,(B) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(C)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(D)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(E)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(F) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(G)
    you are the helper(H) of the fatherless.

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