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God Presides in the Divine Assembly

Psalms 82:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
KJV
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
WEB
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
ASV
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
LSV
Let the weak and needy escape, || Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
YLT
Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
DBY
Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
DRC81:4
Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
GNV
Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
JPS
Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
LXXE81:4
Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
פַּלְּטוּ־דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים הַצִּֽילוּ׃
LXX-Br81:4
Εξέλεσθε πένητα, καὶ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 24:11–12Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your…
  • Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
  • Job 5:15–16He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
  • Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their…
  • Job 29:16–17I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
  • Nehemiah 5:1–13About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 81:4 in some Bibles
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