The psalmist urges the people to be just and to protect the poor and vulnerable, warning that the wicked will oppress them. He calls the righteous to stand up and speak against injustice, to be a witness to God’s righteousness. The chapter ends with a call to be zealous in defending the oppressed.
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II Chronicles 19:6II Chronicles 19:7Exodus 18:21Ecclesiastes 5:8Psalms 82:6Psalms 82:7Psalms 138:1Exodus 21:6Exodus 22:28John 10:35
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Psalms 62:3Exodus 10:3I Kings 18:21Matthew 17:17Psalms 58:1Psalms 58:2Exodus 23:6Exodus 23:7Leviticus 19:15Micah 3:1Micah 3:2Micah 3:3
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Psalms 10:18Deuteronomy 10:18Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 1:23Jeremiah 5:28Jeremiah 22:3Jeremiah 22:16James 1:27
Deuteronomy 15:11Psalms 35:10Psalms 72:13Proverbs 22:22Isaiah 10:2
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Psalms 72:12Psalms 72:13Psalms 72:14Job 29:12Job 29:16Job 29:17Proverbs 24:11Proverbs 24:12Psalms 140:12Nehemiah 5:1Nehemiah 5:2Nehemiah 5:3
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Psalms 53:4Proverbs 1:29Micah 3:1Romans 1:28Proverbs 2:13Proverbs 4:19Ecclesiastes 2:14John 3:19John 12:35I John 2:11Psalms 11:3Psalms 75:3
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Psalms 82:1Exodus 22:9Exodus 22:28John 10:34John 10:35John 10:36
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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Ezekiel 6:12John 12:24Romans 14:8Psalms 68:27
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Psalms 7:6Psalms 44:26Psalms 96:13Psalms 102:13Isaiah 51:9Micah 7:2Micah 7:7Zephaniah 3:8Psalms 2:8Psalms 22:28Revelation 11:15