Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless - That is, to vindicate the orphan; to rescue him from the hand of those who would oppress and wrong him. In other words, the psalmist prays that God would manifest himself in his real and proper character as the vindicator of the fatherless (see the note at Psalms 10:14), or of those who are represented by the fatherless - the feeble and the helpless.And the oppressed - Those who are downtrodden, crushed, and wronged. See the note at Psalms 9:9.That the man of the earth... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless (see Psalms 10:14 ) and the oppressed ; i.e. to vindicate them—to judge between them and their oppressors. That the man of the earth may no more oppress ; or, that terrene man may no longer terrify. There is a play upon the two words in the original, which might thus be rendered. But it has been said, with truth, that this sort of rhetorical ornament "does not suit the genius of our language" (Erle). read more