Psalm 72:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Cross References

Job 19:2

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

Job 34:24

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

Psalm 109:31

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Psalm 2:9

They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 94:5

Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

Isaiah 11:4

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

Isaiah 42:1

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

Isaiah 42:3

He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.

Isaiah 9:4

For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:7

So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.

Matthew 11:5

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

Revelation 18:24

And in her was seen the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

Revelation 19:2

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.