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Psalms 82:4

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

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פַּלְּטוּpaltvdeliverפָּלַטverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “deliver”, a commandH6403to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to delivercalve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.דַ֥לdalleanדַּלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “lean”, the ordinary formH1800properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thinlean, needy, poor (man), weaker.וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonand beggarאֶבְיוֹןconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).מִיַּ֖דmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.הַצִּֽילוּhatsilvdefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “defend”, a commandH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εξέλεσθε πένητα, καὶ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε.