Psalms 82:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.”
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BSBPD
“Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 82:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
- Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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