the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
Proverbia 10:12
Transmigra in montem sicut passer?
Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum;
paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra,
ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde:
quoniam quæ perfecisti destruxerunt;
justus autem, quid fecit?
Dominus in templo sancto suo;
Dominus in cælo sedes ejus.
Oculi ejus in pauperem respiciunt;
palpebræ ejus interrogant filios hominum.
Dominus interrogat justum et impium;
qui autem diligit iniquitatem, odit animam suam.
Pluet super peccatores laqueos;
ignis et sulphur, et spiritus procellarum, pars calicis eorum.
Quoniam justus Dominus, et justitias dilexit:
æquitatem vidit vultus ejus.]
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- InternationalParallel Translations
Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi, et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum.
COPH. Exsurge, Domine Deus, exalta manum tuam, ne obliviscaris pauperum.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Arise: Psalms 3:7, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 9:19
lift: Psalms 94:2, Isaiah 26:11, Isaiah 33:10, Micah 5:9
forget: Psalms 9:12, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 77:9
humble: or, afflicted
Reciprocal: Job 31:14 - What then Psalms 12:5 - oppression Psalms 17:7 - savest Psalms 74:23 - Forget Psalms 119:48 - hands
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Arise, O Lord,.... See Psalms 3:7;
O God, lift up thine hand; either on the behalf of his people, to help and deliver them; his hand may be said to be let down when their enemies prevail, and to be lifted up or exalted when it does valiantly, and works salvation for them; so when Moses's hands were let down Amalek prevailed, and when his hands were lifted up Israel prevailed,
Exodus 17:11; or against their enemies, to strike them, to inflict punishment upon them, as God's hand is said to be stretched out against the Egyptians, and to lie upon them, when he sent his plagues among them, Exodus 7:4; and a dreadful thing it is to fall both into and under the hand of the living God, and to feel the weight of the lighting down of his arm with indignation. The Targum understands it as a gesture of swearing; see Genesis 14:22; and paraphrases it, "confirm the oath of thine hand"; either sworn in wrath against his enemies, or in love to his people; either of which is sure and certain, and according to the immutable counsel of his will;
forget not the humble; the followers of the meek and lowly Jesus, the Lamb of God, by which character the saints are distinguished from the antichristian party, Revelation 14:4; these are such who are made so by the Spirit of God, who in conversion brings down the pride and haughtiness of man, that Christ and his grace may be alone exalted; these have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; their motto is,
"less than the least of all saints, and the chief of sinners;''
they envy not the gifts and graces of others, and ascribe all they have and are to the free grace of God; they are not easily provoked, they patiently bear injuries, and quietly submit to the adverse dispensations of Providence: the word in the original text is read "humble", but written "afflicted": both characters generally meet together in the people of God; Revelation 14:4- :; this prayer for the humble is a prayer of faith; for though the humble may seem to be forgotten by God, they are not, they are precious in his sight; he dwells among them, he gives more grace unto them, he comforts them when disconsolate, he feeds them when they are hungry, he teaches and guides them when they want direction, he lifts them up when they are cast down, and beautifies them with salvation.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Arise, O Lord - See the note at Psalms 3:7. This commences the second part of the psalm, in which the author calls on God to remember those who were oppressed and wronged by the wicked. By suffering the wicked thus to carry on their plans, God seemed to be indifferent to human affairs, and the psalmist, therefore, invokes him to interpose, and to rescue the afflicted from their grasp.
O God, lift up thine hand - As one does when he is about to strike, or to exert his power. The prayer is, that God would interfere to put down the wicked.
Forget not the humble - Margin, “afflicted.” The margin expresses the true sense. The idea is not that God would remember “humble” persons in the sense in which that word is now commonly used, but that he would remember those who were down-trodden, crushed, and afflicted. This is in accordance with the marginal reading in the Hebrew Bibles, which is now usually regarded as the more correct reading.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 10:12. Arise, O Lord — Hear their reproaches see their guile, consider thy oppressed people. "Lift up thine hand," threaten them, that they may desist and repent. If they repent not let them be punished.
