Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
Parallel translations
- WEB Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
- KJV Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- ESV Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- NKJV Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
- NASB ¶Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble.
- NLT Arise, O Lord! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless!
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Quick answer
The psalmist cries for God to arise, lift His hand, and not forget the helpless. Lament turns to urgent prayer for God to act.
Overview
Having exposed the wicked's boast that God forgets, the psalmist directly petitions God to rise in defense of the afflicted. The call to 'lift up your hand' invokes God's power against oppression. This bold prayer models bringing injustice before the God who is both able and willing to act.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Mic 5:9Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- Ps 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Ps 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
- Ps 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
- Isa 33:10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
- Ps 9:19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
- Ps 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Ps 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
- Isa 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Ps 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Ps 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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