Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
In Context
3“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Job 29:12because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the 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 →