Psalm 82:4 “Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.”

Psalm 82:4

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Geneva Bible 1599

Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

Darby Translation

Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“Deliver”

Job 29:12 Psalm 72:12–14 Job 29:16 Job 29:17 Proverbs 24:11 Proverbs 24:12

Job 29:12 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Psalm 72:12–14 · BSB

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Job 29:16 · BSB

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17 · BSB

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Proverbs 24:11 · BSB

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

Proverbs 24:12 · BSB

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

“rid”

Psalm 140:12 Nehemiah 5:1–13 Job 5:15 Job 5:16

Psalm 140:12 · BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Nehemiah 5:1–13 · BSB

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Job 5:15 · BSB

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 5:16 · BSB

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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