Psalms 82:4
Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
In Context
3Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Job 29:12For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
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 →