Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy;
What it says
They must rescue the weak and needy and deliver them from the wicked.
What it is doing
This verse presses justice beyond fairness into active protection.
In context
1A Psalm of Asaph. 2“How long will you judge unjustly 3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; 4Rescue the weak and needy; 5They do not know or understand; 6I have said, ‘You are gods; 7But like mortals you will die, 8Arise, O God, judge the earth,