How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Psalm 72:4 - King James 2000 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 May he judge and defend the poor of the people, deliver the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor, American Standard Version (1901) 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 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 For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes. |
How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth.
For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staffs; the one I called Grace, and the other I called Unity; and I fed the flock.
The blind receive their 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.
Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.