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.
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To judge the orphan To perform judgments for Israel, the orphans, and crushed people.
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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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that he no longer continue Ishmael and Esau.
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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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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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