Apologetics Bible

Psalms 10:1

Hebrew

לָמָה יְהוָה תַּעֲמֹד בְּרָחוֹק תַּעְלִים לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרֽ͏ָה׃

lamah-yehvah-ta'amod-verachvoq-ta'eliym-le'itvot-vatzarah

KJV: Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

AKJV: Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble?

ASV: Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?

YLT: Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Exposition: Psalms 10:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:2

Hebrew

בְּגַאֲוַת רָשָׁע יִדְלַק עָנִי יִתָּפְשׂוּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּוֹת זוּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃

vega'avat-rasha'-yidelaq-'aniy-yitafeshv- -vimezimvot-zv-chashavv

KJV: The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

AKJV: The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

ASV: In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued;

YLT: Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Exposition: Psalms 10:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:3

Hebrew

כִּֽי־הִלֵּל רָשָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַת נַפְשׁוֹ וּבֹצֵעַ בֵּרֵךְ נִאֵץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

khiy-hilel-rasha'-'al-ta'avat-nafeshvo-vvotze'a-verekhe-ni'etz- -yehvah

KJV: For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

AKJV: For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

ASV: For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,

YLT: Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

Exposition: Psalms 10:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:4

Hebrew

רָשָׁע כְּגֹבַהּ אַפּוֹ בַּל־יִדְרֹשׁ אֵין אֱלֹהִים כָּל־מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃

rasha'-khegovah-'afvo-val-yiderosh-'eyn-'elohiym-khal-mezimvotayv

KJV: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

AKJV: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

ASV: The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit.

YLT: The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' are all his devices.

Exposition: Psalms 10:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:5

Hebrew

יָחִילוּ דרכו דְרָכָיו ׀ בְּכָל־עֵת מָרוֹם מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדּוֹ כָּל־צוֹרְרָיו יָפִיחַ בָּהֶֽם׃

yachiylv-drkhv-derakhayv- -vekhal-'et-marvom-mishefateykha-minegedvo-khal-tzvorerayv-yafiycha-vahem

KJV: His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

AKJV: His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

ASV: His ways are firm at all times;

YLT: Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries--he puffeth at them.

Exposition: Psalms 10:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:6

Hebrew

אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ בַּל־אֶמּוֹט לְדֹר וָדֹר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־בְרָֽע׃

'amar-velivvo-val-'emvot-ledor-vador-'asher-lo'-vera'

KJV: He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

AKJV: He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

ASV: He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;

YLT: He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

Exposition: Psalms 10:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:7

Hebrew

אָלָה ׀ פִּיהוּ מָלֵא וּמִרְמוֹת וָתֹךְ תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנוֹ עָמָל וָאָֽוֶן׃

'alah- -fiyhv-male'-vmiremvot-vatokhe-tachat-leshvonvo-'amal-va'aven

KJV: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

AKJV: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

ASV: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression:

YLT: Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

Exposition: Psalms 10:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:8

Hebrew

יֵשֵׁב ׀ בְּמַאְרַב חֲצֵרִים בַּֽמִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹג נָקִי עֵינָיו לְֽחֵלְכָה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃

yeshev- -vema'erav-chatzeriym-vamisetariym-yaharog-naqiy-'eynayv-lechelekhah-yitzefonv

KJV: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

AKJV: He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor.

ASV: He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages;

YLT: He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Exposition: Psalms 10:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:9

Hebrew

יֶאֱרֹב בַּמִּסְתָּר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵה בְסֻכֹּה יֶאֱרֹב לַחֲטוֹף עָנִי יַחְטֹף עָנִי בְּמָשְׁכוֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

ye'erov-vamisetar- -khe'areyeh-vesukhoh-ye'erov-lachatvof-'aniy-yachetof-'aniy-vemashekhvo-verishetvo

KJV: He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

AKJV: He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.

ASV: He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;

YLT: He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

Exposition: Psalms 10:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:10

Hebrew

ודכה יִדְכֶּה יָשֹׁחַ וְנָפַל בַּעֲצוּמָיו חלכאים חֵיל כָּאִֽים׃

vdkhh-yidekheh-yashocha-venafal-va'atzvmayv-chlkh'ym-cheyl-kha'iym

KJV: He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

AKJV: He crouches, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

ASV: He croucheth, he boweth down,

YLT: He is bruised--he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

Exposition: Psalms 10:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:11

Hebrew

אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ שָׁכַֽח אֵל הִסְתִּיר פָּנָיו בַּל־רָאָה לָנֶֽצַח׃

'amar-velivvo-shakhach-'el-hisetiyr-fanayv-val-ra'ah-lanetzach

KJV: He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

AKJV: He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.

ASV: He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;

YLT: He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

Exposition: Psalms 10:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:12

Hebrew

קוּמָה יְהוָה אֵל נְשָׂא יָדֶךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח עניים עֲנָוֽ͏ִים׃

qvmah-yehvah-'el-nesha'-yadekha-'al-tishekhach-'nyym-'anaviym

KJV: Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

AKJV: Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble.

ASV: Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:

YLT: Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

Exposition: Psalms 10:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:13

Hebrew

עַל־מֶה ׀ נִאֵץ רָשָׁע ׀ אֱלֹהִים אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ לֹא תִדְרֹֽשׁ׃

'al-meh- -ni'etz-rasha'- -'elohiym-'amar-velivvo-lo'-tiderosh

KJV: Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

AKJV: Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it.

ASV: Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,

YLT: Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

Exposition: Psalms 10:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:14

Hebrew

רָאִתָה כִּֽי־אַתָּה ׀ עָמָל וָכַעַס ׀ תַּבִּיט לָתֵת בְּיָדֶךָ עָלֶיךָ יַעֲזֹב חֵלֶכָה יָתוֹם אַתָּה ׀ הָיִיתָ עוֹזֵֽר׃

ra'itah-khiy-'atah- -'amal-vakha'as- -taviyt-latet-veyadekha-'aleykha-ya'azov-chelekhah-yatvom-'atah- -hayiyta-'vozer

KJV: Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

AKJV: You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

ASV: Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:

YLT: Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Exposition: Psalms 10:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:15

Hebrew

שְׁבֹר זְרוֹעַ רָשָׁע וָרָע תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־רִשְׁעוֹ בַל־תִּמְצָֽא׃

shevor-zervo'a-rasha'-vara'-tidervosh-rishe'vo-val-timetza'

KJV: Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

AKJV: Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none.

ASV: Break thou the arm of the wicked;

YLT: Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

Exposition: Psalms 10:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:16

Hebrew

יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם וָעֶד אָבְדוּ גוֹיִם מֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ׃

yehvah-melekhe-'volam-va'ed-'avedv-gvoyim-me'aretzvo

KJV: The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

AKJV: The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

ASV: Jehovah is King for ever and ever:

YLT: Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

Exposition: Psalms 10:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:17

Hebrew

תַּאֲוַת עֲנָוִים שָׁמַעְתָּ יְהוָה תָּכִין לִבָּם תַּקְשִׁיב אָזְנֶֽךָ׃

ta'avat-'anaviym-shama'eta-yehvah-takhiyn-livam-taqeshiyv-'azenekha

KJV: LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

AKJV: LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:

ASV: Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:

YLT: The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

Exposition: Psalms 10:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 10:18

Hebrew

לִשְׁפֹּט יָתוֹם וָדָךְ בַּל־יוֹסִיף עוֹד לַעֲרֹץ אֱנוֹשׁ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

lishefot-yatvom-vadakhe-val-yvosiyf-'vod-la'arotz-'envosh-min-ha'aretz

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

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

ASV: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,

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

Exposition: Psalms 10:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.