Psalm 82:3

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy."

Word-by-Word Analysis

גָּנַן

gânan

H1598

to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect

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the

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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and

יָתוֹם

yâthôwm

H3490

a bereaved person

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do

צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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to the

עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6031

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

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and

אֶבְיוֹן

ʼebyôwn

H34

destitute

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Key Terms in This Verse

Defend H1598

גָּנַן gânan

to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect

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justice H6666

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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needy H34

אֶבְיוֹן ʼebyôwn

destitute

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fatherless H3490

יָתוֹם yâthôwm

a bereaved person

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afflicted H6031

עָנָה ʻânâh

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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Cross References

James 1:27 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 10:18 cross-reference

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Jeremiah 22:3 cross-reference

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, ne...

Deuteronomy 10:18 cross-reference

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Jeremiah 22:16 cross-reference

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

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.

Deuteronomy 24:17 cross-reference

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Isaiah 1:17 cross-reference

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

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.

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