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“Defend the lowly and fatherless;
    render justice to the afflicted and needy.
Rescue the lowly and poor;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(A)

II

[a]The gods neither know nor understand,
    wandering about in darkness,
    and all the world’s foundations shake.

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Footnotes

  1. 82:5 The gods are blind and unable to declare what is right. Their misrule shakes earth’s foundations (cf. Ps 11:3; 75:4), which God made firm in creation (Ps 96:10).

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans;
    be fair to the needy and the helpless.
Rescue them from the power of evil people.

“How ignorant you are! How stupid!
    You are completely corrupt,
    and justice has disappeared from the world.

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(A)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
(B)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.

They (C)do not know nor do they understand;
They (D)walk around in darkness;
All the (E)foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Defend the weak and the fatherless;(A)
    uphold the cause of the poor(B) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(C)
    They walk about in darkness;(D)
    all the foundations(E) of the earth are shaken.

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