Proverbs 23:11 - Exposition

For their Redeemer is mighty. The redeemer ( goel ) is the near kinsman, who had to avenge bloodshed, carry on the blood feud, or vindicate the cause of a relation otherwise unsupported (see Numbers 25:12 , 19, 21; Le 25:25; Ruth 3:2 , Ruth 3:9 , Ruth 3:12 ). God himself will be the orphans' Goel. This term is often applied to God; e.g. Job 19:25 ; Psalms 19:14 ; Jeremiah 50:34 . He shall plead their cause with thee. He will, as it were, conduct their cause, try thee, convict thee of injustice, and pronounce thy condemnation ( Proverbs 22:23 ).