Psalms 72:4

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He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

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  • Isa 11:4 : 4 He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.
  • Isa 51:12-13 : 12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? 13 Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 “Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms. 21 I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers. 22 I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women. 23 I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”
  • Ezek 34:15-16 : 15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.
  • Zech 9:8-9 : 8 Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it. 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. 10 I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
  • Zech 11:7 : 7 So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one“Pleasantness” and the other“Union,” and I tended the flock.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that it was the LORD’s message.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them
  • Rev 18:6-8 : 6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 7 As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’ 8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!”
  • Job 19:2 : 2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
  • Job 34:24 : 24 He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.
  • Ps 2:9 : 9 You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender. 13 He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save. 14 From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
  • Ps 94:5 : 5 O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

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    2Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

    3The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

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    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

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    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

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    4He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

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    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

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    8He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

    9Consequently the LORD provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

  • Job 5:15
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    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

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    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

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    9Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Ps 109:31
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    31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

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    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

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    6The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.

  • Isa 26:6
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    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

  • Ps 12:5
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    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

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    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

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    13The LORD takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.

    14The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

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    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

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    7vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.

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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

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    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

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    24He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

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    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

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    13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

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    6He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.