Psalms 10:18 - Exposition

To judge the fatherless (see Psalms 10:14 ) and the oppressed ; i.e. to vindicate them—to judge between them and their oppressors. That the man of the earth may no more oppress ; or, that terrene man may no longer terrify. There is a play upon the two words in the original, which might thus be rendered. But it has been said, with truth, that this sort of rhetorical ornament "does not suit the genius of our language" (Erle).