Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
KJV
Quia non est respectus morti eorum, et firmamentum in plaga eorum.
Vulgate
ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνάνευσις ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ στερέωμα ἐν τῇ μάστιγι αὐτῶν·
LXX
He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
ASV
יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט עֲֽנִיֵּי עָ֗ם י֭וֹשִׁיעַ לִ/בְנֵ֣י אֶבְי֑וֹן וִֽ/ידַכֵּ֣א עוֹשֵֽׁק
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
י
y
noun · 1849×
ם
m
verb · 34×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
תְּדַכְּא֣וּ
tdk'v
verb · 18×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Ezek 34:15 — I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
- Isa 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
- 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.
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Jer 20:13 — Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
- Jer 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- Job 19:2 — How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
- Job 34:24 — He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
- Job 34:24 — He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
- Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
- Matt 11:5 — 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.
- Prov 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- Prov 20:26 — A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
- Ps 2:9 — Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Ps 9:18 — For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
- Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Ps 94:5 — They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
- Ps 103:6 — The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
- Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
- Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
- Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Rev 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
- Rev 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- Rev 18:24 — And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
- Rev 19:2 — For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Zech 7:10 — And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
- Zech 9:8 — And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with m
- Zech 9:8 — And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with m
- Zech 11:7 — And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
- Zech 11:11 — And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.