Psalm 72:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people, He shall save the children of the needy, And shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ May he judge and defend the poor of the people, deliver the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

Common English Bible

⁴ Let the king bring justice to people who are poor; let him save the children of those who are needy, but let him crush oppressors!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

Psalm 72:4 Cross References

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words?

Job 34:24

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.

Psalm 2:9

You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”

Psalm 94:5

They crush thy people, O Lord, and afflict thy heritage.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide 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 he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:3

a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

Isaiah 9:4

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was annulled on that day, and the traffickers in the sheep, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:7

So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slain for those who trafficked in the sheep. And I took two staffs; one I named Grace, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”

Revelation 19:2

for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”