Psalms Chapter 10 verse 18 Holy Bible
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more. Psalm 11 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of David.
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To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.
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To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
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To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - To judge the fatherless (see ver. 14) and the oppressed; i.e. to vindicate them - to judge between them and their oppressors. That the man of the earth may no more oppress; or, that terrene man may no longer terrify. There is a play upon the two words in the original, which might thus be rendered. But it has been said, with truth, that this sort of rhetorical ornament "does not suit the genius of our language" (Erle).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Oppressed.--See Psalm 9:9. "God's choice acquaintances are humble men."--Leighton.That the man.--Literally, that may not continue to terrify (or defy) mere man from the earth, which may mean that mere mortals may have to confess their weakness in comparison with God. But Psalm 9:20, where the same word is used, indicates that it is here used in a contemptuous sense of the "heathen." "That the nations from the earth (i.e., spread over the earth) may know themselves to be but men, and no longer defy Israel and Israel's God."
