3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
3 Defend H8199 the poor H1800 and fatherless: H3490 do justice H6663 to the afflicted H6041 and needy. H7326
3 Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
3 Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Psalm 82
This psalm is calculated for the meridian of princes' courts and courts of justice, not in Israel only, but in other nations; yet it was probably penned primarily for the use of the magistrates of Israel, the great Sanhedrim, and their other elders who were in places of power, and perhaps by David's direction. This psalm is designed to make kings wise, and "to instruct the judges of the earth' (as Psa 2 and 10), to tell them their duty as (2 Sa. 23:3), and to tell them of their faults as Psa 58:1. We have here,
Though magistrates may most closely apply this psalm to themselves, yet we may any of us sing it with understanding when we give glory to God, in singing it, as presiding in all public affairs, providing for the protection of injured innocency, and ready to punish the most powerful injustice, and when we comfort ourselves with a belief of his present government and with the hopes of his future judgment.
A psalm of Asaph.
Psa 82:1-5
We have here,
Psa 82:6-8
We have here,