Psalm 72:12

God's Word

He will rescue the needy person who cries for help and the oppressed person who has no one’s help.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:16

Maybe the king will listen and rescue me, his subject, from the man who wants to cut off both me and my son from ⌞our⌟ God-given inheritance.’

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who called ⌞for help⌟ and the orphans who had no one to help them.

Job 36:15

He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress.

Psalm 10:17

You have heard the desire of oppressed people, O Lord. You encourage them. You pay close attention to them

Psalm 102:17

He will turn his attention to the prayers of those who have been abandoned. He will not despise their prayers.

Psalm 102:20

He heard the groans of the prisoners and set free those who were condemned to death.

Psalm 55:17

Morning, noon, and night I complain and groan, and he listens to my voice.

Psalm 72:4

May he grant justice to the people who are oppressed. May he save the children of needy people and crush their oppressor.

Proverbs 29:7

A righteous person knows the just cause of the poor. A wicked person does not understand this.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have ⌞all⌟ the power. No one can comfort those who suffer.

Isaiah 41:17

“The poor and needy are looking for water, but there is none. Their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,

Luke 7:22

Jesus answered John’s disciples, “Go back, and tell John what you have seen and heard: Blind people see again, lame people are walking, those with skin diseases are made clean, deaf people hear again, dead people are brought back to life, and poor people hear the Good News.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know about the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor in order to make you rich through his poverty.

Hebrews 7:25

That is why he is always able to save those who come to God through him. He can do this because he always lives and intercedes for them.

1 Samuel 22:2

Then everyone who was in trouble, in debt, or bitter about life joined him, and he became their commander. There were about four hundred men with him.