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Psalms 82:3
Psalms 82:3 is verse 3 of Psalms chapter 82, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
King James Version
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
World English Bible
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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Psalms 82:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
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.
Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.