“Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”
The specific duty is elaborated: "Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." The divine judges are called to active protection—rescuing and delivering those endangered by the powerful. The emphasis shifts from passive fairness to active intervention on behalf of the vulnerable.
Church Fathers on Psalms 82:4
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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