Rid— Rescue.
Deliver the poor and needy - That is, Deliver them from the power and the arts of those who would oppress and wrong them. This would not be showi...
Deliver the poor and (c) needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked. (c) Not only when they cry for help, but when their cause requires aid and...
LXXXII. Against Iniquitous Rulers. Jewish rulers are meant, as is plain from Psalms 82:3 f. Psalms 82:6 f. The use of the word God in Psal...
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked - ( Jo...
This Ps. is an impeachment of unjust judges, who are officially called 'gods.' It represents them as put upon their trial at God's tribunal ( Psalms...
(2-4) These verses contain the rebuke addressed by the supreme judge to those abusing the judicial office and function.
The poor and needy. — Better, The miserable (as in Psalms 82:8 ) and poor, a different word from “needy” in Psalms 82:3 .
Psalms 82:1-8 IN Psalms 50:1-23 God is represented as gathering His people together to be judged; in this psalm He has gathered them together fo...
the Just Judge of All Psalms 82:1-8 Those described here as gods are evidently the judges and magistrates of Israel. See John 10:34 . They w...
This psalm is a cry for justice, born of a sense of maladministration of those in authority. It first announces the fact that God is the supreme Judg...
While we pay all due respect to the important truths here set forth, concerning earthly courts of justice, I would not overlook the occasion, the ver...
Deliver the poor and needy ,.... From his adversary and oppressor, who is mightier than he, and draws him to the judgment seat; when it is not in hi...
Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked. Ver. 4. Rid them out of the hand of the wicked ] Heb. of the turbulent, wh...
Defend the poor and fatherless As far as justly you may: for so this clause must be limited, as appears by comparing it with Leviticus 19:15 . Do...
The Duty of Magistrates. A psalm of Asaph. 1 God standeth in the c...
These he recommends to the special care and protection of magistrates, because such are commonly neglected and crushed by men in higher place and pow...
INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to Psalms 74 .) Occasion .—We are unable to determine upon what occasion the...
Title. A psalm of Asaph. There is no authority for referring this psalm to the time of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:6 , which is to contradict the...
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth among the gods. The supremacy of God I. As rebuking unjust rulers. “How long will ye...
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. The magistrate’s duty This counsel of God, saith Luther, is worthy to be...
EXPOSITION Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Ch...
God as the Judge of Governments. A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the earth.
Deliver the poor and needy, from the many forms of oppression practiced by the mighty; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. The rulers are under...
Job 29:12 ; Job 29:16 ; Job 29:17 ; Job 5:15 ; Job 5:16 ; Nehemiah 5:1-13 ; Proverbs 24:11 ; Proverbs 24:12 ; Psalms 140:12 ; Psalms 72:12-...
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.