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Commentary for Psalms 10:18

לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יָת֗וֹם וָ֫דָ֥ךְ בַּל־יוֹסִ֥יף ע֑וֹד לַעֲרֹ֥ץ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

To right the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

Rashi on Psalms

To judge the orphan To perform judgments for Israel, the orphans, and crushed people.
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Radak on Psalms

To judge the fatherless and the downtrodden: – And what was their prayer ? (For Thee) to judge the fatherless and downtrodden. And its interpretation is: to exact their judgment from their oppressors. For
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Rashi on Psalms

that he no longer continue Ishmael and Esau.
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Radak on Psalms

No longer shall terrify – them or affright them any more
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to break the weak To crush and break the weak and sick.
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Radak on Psalms

man (that is) of the earth: – and they shall only be in fear of Thee. לערץ (terrify) is (here) a transitive verb, and is similarly transitive (in the passages): "when He ariseth to terrify (לערץ) the earth" (Is. 2:19); "Wilt thou harass (תערוץ) a driven leaf?" (Job 13:25).
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