Psalms 82:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Isa 1:17 : 17 learn to do well; seek justice, 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 bribes, 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 waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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