Psalm 10:18 {9:39}
Good News Translation
You will hear the cries of the oppressed and the orphans; you will judge in their favor, so that mortal men may cause terror no more.

New Revised Standard Version
to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.

Contemporary English Version
You defend orphans and everyone else in need, so that no one on earth can terrify others again.

New American Bible
You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

judge

Psalm 10:14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

Psalm 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Psalm 82:3 Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Psalm 94:1-6 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely. . . .

Isaiah 11:4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Luke 18:7,8 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard? . . .

the man

Psalm 17:14 From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Luke 16:25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

1 Corinthians 15:47,48 The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly. . . .

Philippians 3:18,19 For many walk, of whom I have told you often (and now tell you weeping) that they are enemies of the cross of Christ: . . .

oppress.

Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
17The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. 18To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
Cross References
Psalm 9:9
And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.

Psalm 12:5
By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard.

Psalm 74:21
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

Psalm 82:3
Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Psalm 146:9
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

Isaiah 29:20
For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:

Psalm 10:17
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