Psalms 72:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יַ֭צִּיל אֶבְי֣וֹן מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝עָנִ֗י וְֽאֵין־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

For-yaṣṣîl ʾebyôn məshawwēaʿ and-ʿānî and-ʾêyn-ʿōzēr to-him

Grammar Details

• *kî-yaṣṣîl*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - for he will deliver
• *ʾebyôn*: adjective/noun, masculine, singular - needy/poor
• *məshawwēaʿ*: verb, piel participle, masculine singular - crying out
• *wə-ʿānî*: conjunction + adjective/noun, masculine, singular - and afflicted/poor
• *wə-ʾêyn-ʿōzēr lô*: conjunction + particle of negation + verb, qal participle, masculine singular + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and there is no helper for him

Word Meanings

• *yaṣṣîl*: he will deliver/rescue/save
• *ʾebyôn*: needy/poor/destitute
• *məshawwēaʿ*: crying out/calling for help
• *ʿānî*: afflicted/poor/humble/oppressed
• *ʾêyn-ʿōzēr lô*: there is no helper for him/who has no one to help

Referenced Verses

• Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
• Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 102:17 : 17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
• Ps 102:20 : 20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
• Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
• Luke 7:22 : 22 And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
• Isa 63:4-5 : 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.