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Psalms 82:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.


Psalms 82:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 82:36 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁפְטוּšipəṭw
give judgment forverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
דַ֥לdal
the pooradjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
וְ/יָת֑וֹםwəyātwōm
and the fatherlessconjH3490
orphan
עָנִ֖יʿāniy
the afflictedadjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
וָ/רָ֣שׁwārāš
and the poorconjH7326
needy · poor
הַצְדִּֽיקוּhaṣədiyqw
vindicateverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 82:3

1. This Psalm, like others similarly named, was so entitled either from the name of the man who wrote it, or from the explanation of that same name, so as to refer in meaning to the Synagogue, which Asaph signifies; especially as this is intimated in the first verse. For it begins, “God stood in the synagogue of gods” Psalm 81:1. Far however be it from us to understand by these Gods the gods of the Gentiles, or idols, or any creature in heaven or earth except men; for a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 82
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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