Psalms 10:18
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be appalling.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.
Psalms 10:14Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 82:3Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Luke 18:7And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:13-18
Prayer against Persecutors. 12 Arise, O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are… Read the whole commentary →