Psalms 72:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people: he wyll saue the children of the poore, and subdue the oppressour.

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  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde, and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly.
  • Isa 51:12-13 : 12 Yea I, euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation: What art thou then that fearest a mortall man & the childe of man, which goeth away as doth the floure? 13 And forgettest the Lorde that made thee, that spread out the heauens, and layde the foundation of the earth: but thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressour, which is redy to do harme: where is the wrath of the oppressour?
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 Thou hast ben mine hammer and weapons for warre: for with thee haue I broken the people in peeces, and with thee haue I destroyed kyngdomes. 21 Through thee I haue beaten to powder horse and horsemen, yea the charrettes and such as sate vpon them. 22 Through thee I haue broken man and woman, olde and young, bacheler and mayden. 23 Through thee I haue destroyed the sheepheard and his flocke, the husbandman and his cattell, the princes and the rulers.
  • Ezek 34:15-16 : 15 I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest, saith the Lorde God. 16 Such as be lost, wyll I seeke: such as are driuen away, wyll I bring againe: such as be broken, wyl I binde vp: such as be weake, wyll I make strong: such as be fat and strong, those wyll I roote out, and feede them with iudgement.
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without handes, which smote the image vpon his feete that were of iron & clay, and brake them to peeces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer and gold broken al together, & became like ye chaffe of sommer floores, and the winde caryed them away, that no place was found for them: & the stone that smote the image became a great mountayne, and filled the whole earth.
  • Zech 9:8-9 : 8 And I wyll pitche a campe about myne house against the armie, against him that passeth by, & against him that returneth, and no oppressour shall come vpon them any more: For now I haue seene with myne eyes. 9 Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion, be glad O daughter Hierusalem: For lo, the king commeth vnto thee, euen the righteous and sauiour, lowly & simple is he, he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse. 10 I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim, and the horse from Hierusalem, the battaile bowes shalbe destroyed, he shal geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen: and his dominion shalbe from the one sea to the other, & from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde.
  • Zech 11:7 : 7 I my selfe fed the slaughter sheepe, a poore flocke veryly, and toke vnto me two staues: the one called Beautie, the other called Bandes: and so fedde the sheepe.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 And so it was broken in that day: Then the poore simple sheepe that had a respect vnto me, knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell.
  • Rev 18:6-8 : 6 Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you, and geue her double accordyng to her workes, and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you. 7 And as much as she glorified her selfe & lyued wantonly, so much powre ye in for her of punishement & sorowe: for she said in her heart, I sit being a queene, and am no wydowe, and shall see no sorowe. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and sorowe, and hunger, and she shalbe brent with fire: for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Reioyce ouer her thou heauen, and ye holy apostles and prophetes: for God hath geuen your iudgement on her.
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes, and of the saintes, and of all that were slayne vpon the earth.
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt ye earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes?
  • Job 34:24 : 24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede.
  • Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth: and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper. 13 He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and needy: and he wyll preserue the soules of the poore. 14 He wyll delyuer their soules from deceipt and oppression: and their blood shalbe in his syght.
  • Ps 94:5 : 5 They oppresse thy people O God: and they afflict thine heritage.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he wyll stande at the right hande of the poore: to saue him from the iudges of his soule.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen, the staffe of his shoulder, and the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Madian.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 72:2-3
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    83%

    2Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice: and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie.

    3The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth: and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper.

    13He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and needy: and he wyll preserue the soules of the poore.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

    4Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.

  • 4But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde, and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly.

  • 18Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare, to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed: so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence.

  • Ps 9:8-9
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    8For he wyll iudge the world in iustice: and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse.

    9God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed: euen a refuge in tyme of trouble.

  • 15But he deliuereth the poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie.

  • 14The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • 15The poore shall he deliuer out of his affliction, and rounde them in the eare when they be in trouble.

  • 9Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.

  • 1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

  • 31For he wyll stande at the right hande of the poore: to saue him from the iudges of his soule.

  • 2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • 12I am sure that God wyll dispatche the cause of the afflicted: and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy.

  • 6God executeth iustice and iudgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong.

  • 6The foote, euen the foote of the poore, and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe.

  • 5For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, hym whom the wicked hath snared.

  • 7He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust: and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll.

  • Isa 3:13-15
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    13The Lorde is here to commune of the matter, & standeth to iudge the people.

    14The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, and shall say to them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

    15What meane ye that ye bray as in a morter my people, and grinde the faces of the poore? saith the Lorde God of hoastes.

  • 31He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.

  • 16Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • 7God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde.

  • 10The lordes aduersaries shal be destroyed of hym, & out of heauen shall he thunder vpon them: The Lorde shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall gyue myght vnto his king, and exalt the horne of his annoynted.

  • 4Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,

  • 9For he commeth to iudge the earth: he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice, & the people accordyng to equitie.

  • 10All my bones shall say, God who is lyke vnto thee? whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him: yea the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him.

  • 6Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

  • 9When God ariseth to iudgement: and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth. Selah.

  • Isa 42:3-4
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    3And a broosed reede shall he not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: but faythfully and truely shall he geue iudgement.

    4He shall not be pensiue nor carefull, that he may restore righteousnesse vnto the earth: and the gentiles also shall loke for his lawes.

  • 23For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

  • 24He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede.

  • 4They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together.

  • 13Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hym, for he hath deliuered the soule of the oppressed from the hande of the violent.

  • 16Because that he remembred not to do good: but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and hym whose heart was broken with sorow, that he might take his life from hym.

  • 34To treade all the prysoners of the earth vnder his feete,

  • 4But God who is iust: hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly.

  • 4And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

  • 16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • 6He wyll iudge the Heathen: he wyll fill euery place with dead bodyes, he wyll smyte the head of a great countrey.

  • 6As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

  • 8He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them.

  • 14Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite: that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands, he that is weake leaueth it for thee, for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.

  • 19The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde, and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel: