A moment in scripture
Psalms 82:3
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Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 82:1
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Psalms 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.