Psalms 72:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right, and defende thy poore.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 32:1 : 1 Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace, and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome, to set vp the same, to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse, from thence forth for euermore. This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe.
  • Isa 11:2-5 : 2 The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it: the sprete of wysdome, and vnderstondinge: the sprete of councel, and strength: ye sprete of knowlege, and of the feare of God: 3 and shal make him feruent in the feare of God. For he shal not geue sentece, after the thinge yt shal be brought before his eies, nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge: 4 but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde. He shal smyte ye worlde with ye staff of his mouth, & with ye breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked. 5 Rightuousnesse shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, treuth and faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes.
  • Isa 32:17 : 17 And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shalbe peace, and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer.
  • Jer 33:15 : 15 In those daies and at the same tyme, I will bringe forth vnto Dauid, the braunch of rightuousnes, and he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the londe.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And I sawe heaue open, & beholde, a whyte horsse and he yt sat vpon him, was called faithfull and true, & in rightewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle.
  • 1 Kgs 3:5-9 : 5 And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte, and God sayde: Axe what I shal geue ye. 6 Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. 7 Now LORDE my God, thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade: As for me, I am but a small yonge man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge. 8 And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude. 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy arowes are sharpe, the people shalbe subdued vnto the, euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies. 7 Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe. 13 He shall be fauorable to the symple & poore, he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite. 14 He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion & wronge, & deare shal their bloude be in his sight.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right. 4 Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.

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    8 He gouerneth ye worlde with rightuousnes & ministreth true iudgmet vnto the people.

  • Ps 72:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3 That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people.

    4 He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer.

  • 9 Let the floudes clappe their hondes, and let all the hilles be ioyfull together. Before the LORDE, for he is come to iudge the earth. Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde, and the people with equite.

  • 14 The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

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    8 The LORDE is iudge ouer the people: Auenge me then (o LORDE) acordinge to my rightuousnes & innocency.

  • Ps 82:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 How longe wil ye geue wroge iudgment, & accepte the personnes of the vngodly?

    3 Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right.

    4 Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly.

  • 1 Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

  • 4 but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde. He shal smyte ye worlde with ye staff of his mouth, & with ye breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked.

  • 6 Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light, & thy iust dealinge as the noone daye.

  • 9 With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.

  • 4 The kynges power loueth iudgment, thou preparest equite, thou executest iudgmet & rightuousnes in Iacob.

  • 6 Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause.

  • 6 The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment, for all them yt suffre wronge.

  • 13 Before the LORDE, for he commeth: for he cometh to iudge the earth: yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde, and ye people with his trueth.

  • 4 O let the people reioyse and be glad, that thou iudgest the folke rightuously, and gouernest the nacions vpo earth.

  • 16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.

  • 18 Ivdges & officers shalt thou ordeyne within all yi gates, which ye LORDE thy God geueth the amoge thy trybes, yt they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment.

  • 5 But ye Trone of youre kingdome is ful of grace, therfore he that sytteth vpon it wt faitfulnesse & treuth in the house of Dauid, knowe the thinge & do his diligence to helpe shortly, acordinge to Equite and rightuousnes.

  • 2 & seynge thy name is so nye, we will tell of thy wonderous workes.

  • 12 For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe.

  • 4 He shal call the heauens from aboue, and the earth, that he maye iudge his people.

  • Isa 3:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The LORDE is here to comon of the matter, and stondeth to geue iudgment with the people.

    14 The LORDE shal come forth to reason with the Senatours and prynces of his people, and shal saye thus vnto them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vynyearde, the robbery of the poore is in youre house.

  • 2 Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him, rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate.

  • 6 And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse, for God is iudge himself.

  • 15 Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.

  • 12 Sure I am, that the LORDE wil auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of the helplesse.

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    4 For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause: thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge.

  • 32 then heare thou in heaue, and se that thy seruauntes haue right, to condemne the vngodly, and to brynge his waye vpon his owne heade, and to iustifie the righteous, to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes.

  • 10 Tell it out amonge the Heithe, that the LORDE is kynge: and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast, that it cannot be moued, and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously.

  • 31 For he stondeth at the right hande of the poore, to saue him from soch as condempne his soule.

  • 6 Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes, & thy iudgment like the greate depe.

  • 11 So that men shal saye: verely, there is a rewarde for ye rightuous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth the earth.

  • 6 He shal be iudge amoge the Heithen, he shal fyll them with deed bodies, and smyte in sonder the heades ouer dyuerse countres.

  • 15 And why? iudgment shalbe turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse, and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it.

  • 14 Thou hast a mightie arme, stronge is thy hande, and hye is thy right hande.

  • 27 But Sion shalbe redemed with equyte, and hyr captiuyte with rightuousnesse

  • 3 Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment, and do rightuousnes.

  • 5 Stonde vp LORDE, thou that dwellest on hie: Let Sio be fylled with equyte and rightuousnesse.

  • 6 As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.

  • 1 Whan there is a stryfe betwene men, they shalbe brought before ye lawe and iudged: and the iudges shall iustifye the righteous, and condemne the vngodly.

  • 137 Rightuous art thou (o LORDE) & true is yi iudgmet.

  • 18 Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth.

  • 24 Iudge me (o LORDE my God) acordinge to thy rightuousnesse, yt they triuphe not ouer me.

  • 23 then heare thou from heauen, and se yt thy seruaunt haue righte, so that thou rewarde the vngodly, and recopence him his waye vpon his awne heade, and to iustifye the righteous, and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes.

  • 11 Oh let the mout Sion reioyse, & ye doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmetes.