Psalms82:3

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Translation

Judge

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the low and the orphan and do justice for the suppressed and those in want;

Paraphrase

This is what you should be doing – be the kind of judge that avenges the weak and the orphan, one that vindicates the cause of those that are afflicted by an oppressor and those that are in desperate need;

Footnotes

1: "judge"

This is the word for “judge” but one of the roles of a judge, is “to avenge or vindicate those who are doing right,” not just “pronounce punishment on those who are doing wrong.” All the roles that a judge was expected to fulfill were expressed by this word. Apparently, many judges were helping the powerful take advantage of the weak rather than standing up for them.