Psalms 10:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ יְהוָ֑ה תָּכִ֥ין לִ֝בָּ֗ם תַּקְשִׁ֥יב אָזְנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

taʾăwat ʿănāwîm šāmaʿtā YHWH tākîn libbām taqšîb ʾoznekā

Grammar Details

• *taʾăwat*: noun feminine construct - desire of
• *ʿănāwîm*: adjective masculine plural - humble/afflicted ones
• *šāmaʿtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have heard
• *YHWH*: divine name - vocative
• *tākîn*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you establish/prepare
• *libbām*: noun masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
• *taqšîb*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you attend/pay attention
• *ʾoznekā*: noun feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ear

Word Meanings

• *taʾăwah*: desire/longing/request
• *ʿănāwîm*: humble/afflicted/poor ones
• *šāmaʿ*: hear/listen/understand
• *tākîn*: establish/prepare/make firm
• *lēb*: heart/mind/inner self
• *taqšîb*: attend/pay attention/listen
• *ʾōzen*: ear/hearing

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O LORD God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, always maintain these motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.
• Ps 9:18 : 18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
• Ps 34:15 : 15 The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
• Luke 18:13-14 : 13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’ 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Jas 1:16-17 : 16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.
• Prov 16:1 : 1 The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.
• Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Ps 9:12 : 12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
• 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict of the king and the officers in keeping with the LORD’s message.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
• 2 Chr 29:36 : 36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 Then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will answer your prayers.
• Ps 102:17 : 17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
• Ps 112:7-8 : 7 He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the LORD. 8 His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies.
• Prov 10:24 : 24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The LORD abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
• Acts 4:24-31 : 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them, 25 who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things? 26 The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’ 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen. 29 And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage, 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.
• Acts 12:5-9 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him. 6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 8 The angel said to him,“Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him,“Put on your cloak and follow me.” 9 Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him. 11 When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.” 12 When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. 13 When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 But they said to her,“You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying,“It is his angel!” 16 Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished. 17 He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said,“Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place. 18 At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
• Rom 8:26 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
• Eph 2:18 : 18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
• Eph 3:12 : 12 in whom we have boldness and confident access to God by way of Christ’s faithfulness.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.