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Psalm 82:3 KJV

Psalms · chapter 82 · verse 3

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Psalm 82:3 · King James Version

Psalm 82:3 in context

1God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

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Commentary

We have here, I. God's supreme presidency and power in all councils and courts asserted and laid down, as a great truth necessary to be believed both by princes and subjects (Psa 82:1): God stands, as chief director, in the congregation of the mighty, the mighty One, in coetu fortis - in the councils of the prince,…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5

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