Psalms 10:17

Lord, you have heard ¹  the request ²  of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. ³ 

1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 29:36; 2Ch 30:12; 2Ch 33:12,13; 2Ch 34:27; Ps 9:12,18; Ps 37:4; Ps 102:17; Ps 112:7,8; Ps 145:19; Pr 10:24; Pr 15:8; Pr 16:1; Isa 65:24; Mt 5:3; Lu 18:13,14; Ac 4:24-31; Ac 12:5-19; Ro 8:26; Eph 2:18; Eph 3:12; Jas 1:16,17; Jas 4:6,10; 1Pe 3:12; 1Pe 5:5

¹ sn You have heard. The psalmist is confident that God has responded positively to his earlier petitions for divine intervention. The psalmist apparently prayed the words of vv. 16-18 after the reception of an oracle of deliverance (given in response to the confident petition of vv. 12-15) or after the Lord actually delivered him from his enemies.

² tn Heb “desire.”

³ tn Heb “you make firm their heart, you cause your ear to listen.”