Psalms 82:3
Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
In Context
2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
4Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.
Deuteronomy 10:18Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.
Job 29:12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Psalms 10:18To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
Isaiah 1:17Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.
Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
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 →