Psalm 72:4

New Century Version

Help him be fair to the poor and save the needy and punish those who hurt them.

Cross References

Job 19:2

“How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words?

Job 34:24

Without asking questions, God breaks powerful people into pieces and puts others in their place.

Psalm 109:31

He defends the helpless and saves them from those who accuse them.

Psalm 2:9

You will rule over them with an iron rod. You will break them into pieces like pottery.”

Psalm 94:5

Lord, they crush your people and make your children suffer.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king sorts out the evil people, and he punishes them as they deserve.

Isaiah 11:4

But he will judge the poor honestly; he will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land. At his command evil people will be punished, and by his words the wicked will be put to death.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant, the one I support. He is the one I chose, and I am pleased with him. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring justice to all nations.

Isaiah 42:3

He will not break a crushed blade of grass or put out even a weak flame. He will truly bring justice;

Isaiah 9:4

Like the time you defeated Midian, you have taken away their heavy load and the heavy pole from their backs and the rod the enemy used to punish them.

Zechariah 11:11

That day it was broken. The weak ones in the flock who were watching me knew this message was from the Lord.

Zechariah 11:7

So I fed the flock about to be killed, particularly the weakest ones. Then I took two sticks; I called one Pleasant and the other Union, and I fed the flock.

Matthew 11:5

The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, heaven! Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets! God has punished her because of what she did to you.”

Revelation 18:24

You are guilty of the death of the prophets and God’s holy people and all who have been killed on earth.”

Revelation 19:2

because his judgments are true and right. He has punished the prostitute who made the earth evil with her sexual sin. He has paid her back for the death of his servants.”