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Psalms 82:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.


Psalms 82:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 82:46 words
HebrewMeaning
פַּלְּטוּpaləṭw
deliververbH6403
carry away safe · deliver · escape
דַ֥לdal
the pooradjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
וְ/אֶבְי֑וֹןwəʾebəywōn
and the needyconjH34
needy · poor
מִ/יַּ֖דmiyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
הַצִּֽילוּhaṣiylw
rescue themverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
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 82:4

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…

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