Psalms 82:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁפְטוּ־דַ֥ל וְיָת֑וֹם עָנִ֖י וָרָ֣שׁ הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃

Transliteration

šip̄ṭû-dal and-yātôm ʿānî and-rāš haṣdîqû

Grammar Details

*šip̄ṭû*: qal imperative masculine plural - judge!
*dal*: masculine singular adjective used as noun - poor/weak person
and-*yātôm*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and orphan
*ʿānî*: masculine singular adjective used as noun - afflicted/needy
and-*rāš*: conjunction + masculine singular adjective used as noun - and destitute/impoverished
*haṣdîqû*: hiphil imperative masculine plural - justify/vindicate/do justice to

Word Meanings

*šip̄ṭû*: judge/defend/vindicate
*dal*: poor/weak/helpless/low
*ʿānî*: afflicted/oppressed/humble/poor
*rāš*: destitute/poor/impoverished
*haṣdîqû*: justify/vindicate/declare righteous

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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