Thou hast seen [it]
Though the wicked say God will never see, ( Psalms 10:11
) ; he sees all things in general, all men and all their actions;
all are manifest and open to him, and everything in particular,
especially the wickedness of men; even that which is said or
thought in the heart;
for thou beholdest mischief and spite;
that mischief which arises from spite or malice in the heart; God
beholds the inward principle from whence it proceeds, as well as
that itself; the mischief devised in the heart, on the bed, and
which lies under the tongue, designed against the people of God,
either to the injury of their characters and estates, or to their
bodies, and even to their souls, as much as in them lies,
proceeding from implacable malice and enmity to them;
to requite [it] with thy hand:
of power, to retaliate it upon their own heads, to render
tribulation to them that trouble the saints, which is but a
righteous thing with God: or "to put [it] in thy hand"
F11; and the sense is, that God looks
upon all the injuries the wicked out of spite devise to do to his
people, and puts them in his hand, that they may be ever before
him, and always in his sight, and he will take a proper
opportunity of avenging them. The Targum interprets it of God's
rewarding good men, as well as punishing the wicked, paraphrasing
the whole thus,
``it is manifest before thee that thou wilt send sorrow and wrath upon the wicked; thou lookest to render a good reward to the righteous with thy hand;''the poor committeth himself unto thee:
thou art the helper of the fatherless;
God is the Father of them, provides for them, supplies, supports,
and defends them; nor will he in a spiritual sense leave his
people orphans or comfortless, but will visit and help them; see
( Psalms
68:5 ) ( John 14:18 ) ;