Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 82:4
4Deliver the poor and 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
Context of Psalms 82:4
2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: deliver them from the hand of the wicked. 5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6I have said, Ye aregods; and all of you arechildren of the most High.
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פַּלְּטוּ־דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים הַצִּֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 82:4
- Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Proverbs 24:11If thou refraineth to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- Job 5:15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from 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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