Psalms 82:4
Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
In Context
3Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.
Proverbs 24:11Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:2-6
The Duty of Magistrates. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. We have here, I. God's supreme presidency and power in all councils… Read the whole commentary →