Psalm 82:2-4

Rescue the Weak and Needy

² "How long will you judge unjustly
and _r show partiality to _s the wicked? Selah
³ _t Give justice to _u the weak and the fatherless;
_v maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
⁴ _w Rescue the weak and the needy;
_x deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 1:17
   You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 18:5
   It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 10:18
   To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 41:1
   Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him.
   
5. Cross References
   Jeremiah 22:3
   Thus says the Lord : Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
   
6. Cross References
   Job 29:12
   Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
   
7. Cross References
   Proverbs 24:11
   Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.