Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness. ⁴ He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵ They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

Cause of the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Job 19:2

How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

Job 34:24

He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;

Psalm 94:5

They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

Psalm 109:31

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Isaiah 9:4

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 51:12-13

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Thou art my maul, my weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will myself feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Daniel 2:34-35

Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Zechariah 9:8-10

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen it with mine eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

Matthew 11:5

Blind men see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

Revelation 18:6-8

Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.

Revelation 19:2

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.