Psalms 82:4
They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
In Context
3For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
Job 29:12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.
Psalms 72:12Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are led away to death. And do not cease from delivering those who are dragged away to a violent death.
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 →