Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
BSB
ASV
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
KJV
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
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, Luk 18:3.
What the sin is they are here charged with; they judge unjustly, contrary to the rules of equity and the dictates of their consciences, giving judgment against those who have right on their side, out of malice and ill-will, or for those who have an unrighteous cause, out of favour and partial affection.
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Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
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For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
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Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
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For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.