Psalms 82:4

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

Job 29:12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Psalms 72:12For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

Proverbs 24:11If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.

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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