Psalms 82:4

Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, 1 And have taken counsel against thy saints. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

In Context

3For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; 1 And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 1

5They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; 1 And let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all. 1

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Cross References

Job 29:12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, 1 And helped the fatherless who had no helper. 1

Psalms 72:12Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: 1 They have possessed wealth. 1

Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are led away to death, 1 And redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help. 1

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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