Psalm - 82:4



4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 82:4.

Differing Translations

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Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
Deliver the poor and needy: deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Deliver 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.

Deliver the poor and (c) needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
(c) Not only when they cry for help, but when their cause requires aid and support.

Deliver the poor and needy,.... From his adversary and oppressor, who is mightier than he, and draws him to the judgment seat; when it is not in his power to defend himself against him, and get out of his hands, unless a righteous judge will show a regard to him and his cause; and sometimes even an unjust judge, through importunity, will do this, as everyone ought, and every righteous one will:
rid them out of the hand of the wicked; this was what the poor widow importuned the unjust judge for, and obtained, Luke 18:3.

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