Psalms 9:13 Commentary: Rashi & Radak

כִּֽי־דֹרֵ֣שׁ דָּ֭מִים אוֹתָ֣ם זָכָ֑ר לֹֽא־שָׁ֝כַ֗ח צַעֲקַ֥ת עניים [עֲנָוִֽים׃]

For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

Rashi on Psalms

remembers them The blood that was shed in Israel.
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Radak on Psalms

For He that maketh inquisition for blood remembered them: – God, who makes inquisition for the blood of the poor from their oppressors, remembered that blood which the Philistines had shed in Israel.
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Radak on Psalms

He did not forget the cry of the meek (ענוים): – The Kethib is written with a yodh (עניים = poor), but the Keri (needs) a waw (ענוים = meek), for the meek are for the most part the poor and helpless.
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