Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

New American Standard Bible

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

King James Version

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Holman Bible

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.

International Standard Version

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

A Conservative Version

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

American Standard Version

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Amplified

Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.

Bible in Basic English

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Darby Translation

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Julia Smith Translation

To the overseer: chanting of David. Happy he attending to the weak one: in the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.

King James 2000

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

NET Bible

For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

The Emphasized Bible

How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

Webster

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

World English Bible

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

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Context Readings

Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help

1  Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Psalm 37:19

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

Job 29:12-16

Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

Job 31:16-20

"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

Psalm 37:39-40

But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Psalm 82:3-4

"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Psalm 112:9

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 16:14

The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

Isaiah 58:7-11

Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Matthew 25:34-39

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

Luke 14:13-14

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

2 Corinthians 9:8-14

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Galatians 2:10

They only asked us to remember the poor?which very thing I was also zealous to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 3:10

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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