Psalms 10:18
To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 72:4May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
Psalms 82:3Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the land; and he shall smite the land with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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 →