Psalms 82:4

What does Psalms 82:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 82:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

v.4This passage

v.5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 29:16

    I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

  • Job 5:15

    But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

  • Psalms 140:12

    I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

  • Job 29:12

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

  • Nehemiah 5:1

    Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

  • Psalms 72:12

    For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

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