How long will you judge unjustly,
And (A)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
[a]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and (B)needy.
Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:3 Vindicate

“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(A) to the wicked?[b](B)
Defend the weak and the fatherless;(C)
    uphold the cause of the poor(D) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.