Psalms 82:3
Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
In Context
2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
4Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment.
Deuteronomy 10:18He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
Job 29:12Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28They are grown gross and fat: andhave most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of 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 →