Psalms 94:5-6

94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress the nation that belongs to you. ¹ 

94:6 They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,

and they murder the fatherless. ² 

[94:5]  ¹ tn Or “your inheritance.”

[94:6]  ² tn The Hebrew noun יָתוֹם (yatom) refers to one who has lost his father (not necessarily his mother, see Ps 109:9). Because they were so vulnerable and were frequently exploited, fatherless children are often mentioned as epitomizing the oppressed (see Pss 10:14; 68:5; 82:3; 146:9; as well as Job 6:27; 22:9; 24:3, 9; 29:12; 31:17, 21).