Psalms 81:4
Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
In Context
3Judge the orphan and poor: + 81:3 Gr. justify.do justice to the low and needy.
Cross References
Numbers 28:11And at the new moons ye shall bring a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, two calves of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →