Psalm 72:4

Legacy Standard Bible

May he give justice to the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.

Cross References

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment my soul And crush me with words?

Job 34:24

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without searching anything out, 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 judge his soul.

Psalm 2:9

‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Psalm 94:5

They crush Your people, O Yahweh, And afflict Your inheritance.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king winnows the wicked, And turns the threshing wheel over them.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with uprightness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul is well-pleased. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:3

“A crushed reed He will not break And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will bring forth justice in truth.

Isaiah 9:4

For You shall shatter the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their taskmaster, as at the battle of Midian.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:7

So I shepherded the flock doomed to slaughter—hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor, and the other I called Union; so I shepherded the flock.

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive 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.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced 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 the earth.”

Revelation 19:2

because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His slaves shed by her hand.”