Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

New Heart English Bible

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

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 {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. 2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.

Psalm 37:19

they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

Job 29:12-16

For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 31:16-20

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

Psalm 34:19

Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:

Psalm 37:26

all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.

Psalm 37:39-40

But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psalm 82:3-4

Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

Psalm 112:9

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Proverbs 16:14

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 19:17

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Isaiah 58:7-11

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Matthew 25:34-39

Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation:

Mark 14:7

for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.

Luke 14:13-14

But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

Acts 20:35

I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of 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

But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:

Galatians 2:10

only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

James 2:13

for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

Revelation 3:10

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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