Psalm 10:15 {9:36}
Good News Translation
Break the power of wicked and evil people; punish them for the wrong they have done until they do it no more.

New Revised Standard Version
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.

Contemporary English Version
Now break the power of all merciless people. Punish them for doing wrong and make them stop.

New American Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and depraved; make them account for their crimes; let none of them survive.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Break

Psalm 3:7 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Job 38:15 From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Ezekiel 30:21,22 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword. . . .

Zechariah 11:17 O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

seek

Psalm 7:9 The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

2 Kings 21:12-15 Therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on evils upon Jerusalem and Juda: that whosoever shall hear of them, both his ears shall tingle. . . .

Jeremiah 2:34 And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.

Ezekiel 23:48 And I will take away wickedness out of the land: and all women shall learn, not to do according to the wickedness of them.

Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
14Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. 15Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.16The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.…
Cross References
Job 38:15
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Psalm 140:11
A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 30:21
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.

Psalm 10:14
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