Psalms 72:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he shall deliver{H8686)} the needy when he crieth{H8764)}; the poor also, and him that hath no helper{H8802)}.

📖 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, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge{H8799)} the poor of the people, he shall save{H8686)} the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces{H8762)} the oppressor{H8802)}.
• Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}. 4 Deliver{H8761)} the poor and needy: rid{H8685)} them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 102:17 : 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
• Ps 102:20 : 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I returned, and considered 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 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
• Luke 7:22 : 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
• 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 be rich.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
• Isa 63:4-5 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine 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 fury, it upheld me.