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Psalms 10:18 — King James Version← Study notes

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.


Psalms 10:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 10:1810 words
HebrewMeaning
לִ/שְׁפֹּ֥טlišəpōṭ
to vindicatepronH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
יָת֗וֹםyātwōm
the fatherlessnounH3490
orphan
וָ֫/דָ֥ךְwādākə
and the oppressedconjH1790
oppressed
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
יוֹסִ֥יףywōsiyp
he will repeatverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
ע֑וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לַ/עֲרֹ֥ץlaʿărōṣ
to terrifypronH6206
dread · feared · terrified) · break ···
אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁʾĕnwōš
humankindnounH582
thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 10:18

“Why, O Lord,” says he, “have You withdrawn afar off?” Psalm 9:1. Then he who thus inquired, as if all on a sudden he understood, or as if he asked, though he knew, that he might teach, adds, “You despise in due seasons, in tribulations:” that is, You despise seasonably, and causest tribulations to inflame men's minds with longing for Your coming. For that fountain of life is sweeter to them that have much thirst. Therefore he hints the reason of the delay, saying, “Whilst…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 10 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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