Catholic Public Domain Version
"For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head. "
— Psalms 82:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
“Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. ”
“"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.”
“Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!”
“For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.”
“Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.”
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
A Canticle Psalm of Asaph.
O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.
For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.
They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”
For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant: