Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Updated King James 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 does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with 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 →