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Psalms 82:4
4Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of 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
2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3Give justice to the poor and fatherless. Be just to the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5They know nothing; they understand nothing— they walk about in darkness. All of earth’s foundations are shaken. 6I said: ‘You are ‘gods’, and you are all sons of Elyon,
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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 rescues the needy crying for help, also the poor and the one with no helper.
- Job 29:12for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being dragged off to death, hold back those stumbling to slaughter.
- Psalms 140:12May a slanderer not endure in the land. May calamity hunt down a violent man.
- Nehemiah 5:1Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives to their fellow Jews.
- Job 5:15But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches 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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