English Standard Version
Psalms 82:4
4Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
Psalms 82:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
Context of Psalms 82:4
2"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." 5They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
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פַּלְּטוּ־דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים הַצִּֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 82:4
- Psalms 72:12For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
- Job 29:12because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.
- Nehemiah 5:1Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
- Job 5:15But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
Commentaries on Psalms 82:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Deliver the poor and needy - That is, Deliver them from the power and the arts of those who would oppress and wrong them. This would not be showing them partiality; it would be simply doing them justice. Rid them out of the hand of the wicked - Deliver, or Rescue them from their hands; that is, from their attempts to oppress and wrong them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8God condemns those who mistreat the helpless.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. So must good judges act (Psa 10:14; Job 29:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 82
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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