Psalms 82:4

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

Webster's Revision

Deliver the poor and needy: deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

World English Bible

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

English Revised Version (ERV)

Rescue the poor and needy: deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Barnes's Psalms 82:4 Bible Commentary

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 showing them partiality; it would be simply doing them justice.

Rid them out of the hand of the wicked - Deliver, or Rescue them from their hands; that is, from their attempts to oppress and wrong them.