cha.mats denotes an oppressing person from whose hand the psalmist asks God for deliverance.

The attested use identifies an oppressing person among the unjust hands from which the psalmist asks God to rescue him.

1. Oppressing person named in a plea for rescue · dominant

   In Psalm 71:4, the Qal active participle masculine singular absolute occurs in the plea for deliverance from the hand of the wicked and the palm of the unjust; the APB renders the verse with “the oppressor.”

   Psalm 71:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 71:4, the APB presents the figure as “the oppressor” within a plea for deliverance.