Psalms 10:18
18 You defend ▼▼tn Heb “to judge (on behalf of),” or “by judging (on behalf of).”
the fatherless and oppressed, ▼▼tn Heb “crushed.” See v.
10.
so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them. ▼▼tn Heb “he will not add again [i.e., “he will no longer”] to terrify, man from the earth.” The Hebrew term
אֱנוֹשׁ (
ʾenosh, “man”) refers here to the wicked nations (v.
16). By describing them as “from the earth,” the psalmist emphasizes their weakness before the sovereign, eternal king.
