Psalms 72:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.

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  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
  • Isa 51:12-13 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass; 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and you fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 You are my battle axe and weapons of war; for with you I will break in pieces the nations, and with you I will destroy kingdoms; 21 And with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider; 22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman; with you I will break in pieces old and young; and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden. 23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
  • Ezek 34:15-16 : 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 You watched until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no trace of them was found: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
  • Zech 9:8-9 : 8 I will encamp around my house because of the army, because of him who passes by, and because of him who returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them anymore, for now I have seen with my eyes. 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
  • Zech 11:7 : 7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
  • Rev 18:6-8 : 6 Repay her even as she repaid you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double. 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
  • Job 34:24 : 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their place.
  • Ps 2:9 : 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their lives from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
  • Ps 94:5 : 5 They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

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  • Ps 72:2-3
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    2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

    3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, through righteousness.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

    13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

  • 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.

  • Ps 9:8-9
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    8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.

    9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

  • 15 But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  • 14 The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

  • 15 He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

  • 2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  • 6 The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.

  • 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.

  • 7 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

  • Isa 3:13-15
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    13 The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people.

    14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

    15 What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

  • 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:

  • 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven he shall thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.

  • 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,

  • 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.

  • 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

  • 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

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    3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth.

    4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set justice in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.

  • 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their place.

  • 4 They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • 13 Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD: for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

  • 16 Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the brokenhearted.

  • 34 To crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • 4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

  • 4 And I will make youths their princes, and children shall rule over them.

  • 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • 6 He will judge among the nations, he will fill the places with dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries.

  • 6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

  • 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.