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Psalms 72:12

Psalms chapter 72 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

Context

v.11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.

v.12This passage

v.13He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 102:20

    To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

  • Ecclesiastes 4:1

    Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

  • Isaiah 63:4

    For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

  • Luke 4:18

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • Psalms 72:4

    He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.