Psalms 82:4

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 82:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Rid— Rescue.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-4) These verses contain the rebuke addressed by the supreme judge to those abusing the judicial office and function.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The poor and needy. — Better, The miserable (as in Psalms 82:8 ) and poor, a different word from “needy” in Psalms 82:3 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Duty of Magistrates. A psalm of Asaph. 1 God standeth in the c...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to Psalms 74 .) Occasion .—We are unable to determine upon what occasion the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Ch...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God as the Judge of Governments. A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the earth.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 82:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 82:4