| Geneva Study Bible Deliver the poor and {c} needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. (c) Not only when they cry for help, but when their cause requires aid and support. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. poor and needy-(Compare Ps 34:10; 41:1). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 82:1-5 Magistrates are the mighty in authority for the public good. Magistrates are the ministers of God's providence, for keeping up order and peace, and particularly in punishing evil-doers, and protecting those that do well. Good princes and good judges, who mean well, are under Divine direction; and bad ones, who mean ill, are under Divine restraint. The authority of God is to be submitted to, in those governors whom his providence places over us. But when justice is turned from what is right, no good can be expected. The evil actions of public persons are public mischiefs. | 
