Psalms 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
†Defend the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the afflicted and needie.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. iudge.
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- James 1:27Rank 1 from verse 3
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
27Pure religion and vndefiled before God and the Father, is this, to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their affliction, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted from the world.
- Jeremiah 22:3Rank 2 from verse 3
3Thus 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.
3*Thus saith the LORD, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnesse, and deliuer the spoiler out of the hand of the oppressour: and doe no wrong, doe no violence to the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- Psalms 10:18Rank 3 from verse 3
- Isaiah 1:17Rank 4 from verse 3
- Jeremiah 5:28Rank 5 from verse 3
28They 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.
28**They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.
- Deuteronomy 10:18Rank 6 from verse 3
- Deuteronomy 24:17Rank 7 from verse 3
- Jeremiah 22:16Rank 8 from verse 3
- Isaiah 1:23Rank 9 from verse 3
23Thy 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.
23Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they *iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doth the cause of the widowe come vnto them.
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Psalms 82:3
To protect, guard, preserve, or rescue from attack or danger.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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The virtue which consists in giving to every one what is his due; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rectitude in the dealings of men with each other; honesty; integrity in commerce or mutual intercourse.
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Troubled, oppressed, chastened, or made to suffer.
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Poor or lacking what is needed; in need of help or provision.
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82:1GOD standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
82:1¶ God standeth in the Congregation of the mightie: hee iudgeth among the gods.
82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
82:2*How long will yee iudge vniustly: and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
82:3†Defend the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the afflicted and needie.
Selected passage82:4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:4*Deliuer the poore and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
82:5†They know not, neither wil they vnderstand; they walke on in darknes: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
82:6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
82:6*I haue said, Ye are gods: and all of you are children of the most High:
82:7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
82:7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the Princes.
82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
82:8Arise, O God, iudge the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.