Psalms 10:14

“You have seen it, for you look at suffering and grief to put it in your hand; to you the helpless abandons himself; you have been the helper of the orphan.”

Psalms 10:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 10:14, word by word

have seen itרָאִתָהraita

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raita” appears
you look atתַּבִּיטtabit

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

Where else “tabit” appears
sufferingעָמָלamal

suffering

Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.

Where else “amal” appears
and griefכַעַסchaas

grief

Bitter pain one carries inside.

Where else “chaas” appears
to put itתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “tet” appears
in your handיָדֶyade

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yade” appears
the helplessחֵלֶכָהchelecha

helpless one

Helpless, unfortunate: a person without protection. A rare word found only in Psalm 10; its exact sense is not certain.

Where else “chelecha” appears
abandons himselfיַעֲזֹבyaazov

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “yaazov” appears
have beenהָיִיתָhayita

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “hayita” appears
the helperעוֹזֵרozer

helper

A person who comes to another's side to help him in what he needs.

Where else “ozer” appears
of the orphanיָתוֹםyatom

fatherless

Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.

Where else “yatom” appears

The context

13Why does the wicked spurn Elohim? He says in his heart, “You will not demand an accounting.”

14 · This verse (above)

15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; demand an accounting for his wickedness until you find none of it.

Read all of Psalms 10

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