Psalms 82:3-4

Listen to Psalms 82:3-4
3 1Give justice to 2the weak and the fatherless; 3maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 4Rescue the weak and the needy; 5deliver them from the hand of the wicked. ”

Psalms 82:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 82

\\<>\\. This psalm was written for the use of persons in power, for the instruction of kings and princes, judges and civil magistrates; according to Kimchi, it was written about the times of Jehoshaphat, who appointed new judges throughout the land; those that were before having been very corrupt, to whom he gave a charge agreeably to the purport of this psalm, 2Ch 19:5-7, but it seems rather to be written by Asaph, in the times of David, under a spirit of prophecy, and has respect to the times of Christ, when there was a great corruption among the judges and rulers of the Jews, both civil and ecclesiastic. The Syriac version calls it, "a reproof of the ungodly Jews"; our Lord cites a passage out of it in vindication of himself from their charge of blasphemy, Joh 10:34-36.

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Cross References 5

  • 1. 82:3 Ps. 10:18
  • 2. 82:3 Ps. 41:1
  • 3. 82:3 Jer. 22:3
  • 4. 82:4 Job 29:12
  • 5. 82:4 Prov. 24:11
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