King James Version

Psalms 10:18

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

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לִשְׁפֹּ֥טlishpotto judgeשָׁפַטpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to judge”, the to-form of the verbH8199to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.יָת֗וֹםyatomfatherlessיָתוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.וָ֫דָ֥ךְvadakheand afflictedדַּךְconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and afflicted”, the ordinary formH1790crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injuredafflicted, oppressed.בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יוֹסִ֥יףyosifaddיָסַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “add”, an unfinished actionH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…ע֑וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).לַעֲרֹ֥ץlaarotsto dreadעָרַץpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to dread”, the to-form of the verbH6206to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harassbe affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁenoshmanאֱנוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!

World English Bible

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Darby Translation

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κρῖναι ὀρφανῷ καὶ ταπεινῷ, ἵνα μὴ προσθῇ ἔτι μεγαλαυχεῖν ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.