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Psalm 82:3
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Psalm 82:3 · World English Bible
Psalm 82:3 in other translations
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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In context
1 God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
2 “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
3 “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
5 They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
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