Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. 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.

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.

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 Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil. 2 LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.

Psalm 37:19

They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,

Job 29:12-16

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless 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 LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 37:26

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

Psalm 37:39-40

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

Psalm 82:3-4

Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.

Psalm 112:9

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

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them,

Isaiah 58:7-11

Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

Matthew 25:34-39

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Mark 14:7

For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.

Luke 14:13-14

But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

Acts 20:35

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid 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 abound all grace for you, so that always in everything having all sufficiency, ye may abound for every good work,

Galatians 2:10

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

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

James 2:13

For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 3:10

Because thou keep the word of my perseverance, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole inhabited world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

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