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Psalm 10:18

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10:18You defend51 the fatherless and oppressed,52

so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.53

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Footnotes

  1. 51 Heb “to judge (on behalf of),” or “by judging (on behalf of).”
  2. 52 Heb “crushed.” See v. 10.
  3. 53 Heb “he will not add again [i.e., “he will no longer”] to terrify, man from the earth.” The Hebrew term אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh, “man”) refers here to the wicked nations (v. 16). By describing them as “from the earth,” the psalmist emphasizes their weakness before the sovereign, eternal king.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,

so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

defending the fatherless and the oppressed,

so that mere earthly mortals

will never again strike terror.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.

NLTNew Living Translation

You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,

so mere people can no longer terrify them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to render judgment for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that a mere mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

KJV 1900King James Version

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,

That the man of the earth may no more oppress.