Psalms 82:3

For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.

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Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

In Context

2O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

4They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:3Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.

Deuteronomy 10:18He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.

Job 29:12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.

Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.

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 →

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