Psalms 72:13
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
KJV
Et dixi : Ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, et lavi inter innocentes manus meas,
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπα Ἄρα ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθῴοις τὰς χεῖράς μου,
LXX
He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
ASV
יָ֭חֹס עַל דַּ֣ל וְ/אֶבְי֑וֹן וְ/נַפְשׁ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יוֹשִֽׁיעַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
י
y
noun · 752×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תָח֥וֹס
tchvs
verb · 24×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again 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;
- Isa 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
- Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- Matt 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.