Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

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 the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him. 2 Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

Psalm 37:19

They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in [the] days of famine they will be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.

Job 29:12-16

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

Job 31:16-20

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

Psalm 34:19

Many [are the] distresses of [the] righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 37:26

All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.

Psalm 37:39-40

And [the] salvation of [the] righteous [is] from Yahweh, their refuge in [the] time of trouble.

Psalm 82:3-4

Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.

Psalm 112:9

{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king [is] a messenger of death, but one who is wise will appease it.

Proverbs 19:17

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"

Isaiah 58:7-11

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Matthew 25:34-39

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

Mark 14:7

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

Luke 14:13-14

But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

Acts 20:35

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, 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 cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, [because you] have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.

Galatians 2:10

[They asked] only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].

Hebrews 6:10

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

James 2:13

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

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