Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

New American Standard Bible

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

King James Version

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

Holman Bible

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

International Standard Version

For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.

A Conservative Version

For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.

American Standard Version

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

Amplified


For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

Bible in Basic English

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For we will deliver the needy from the powerful one, and the poor and no helper to him.

King James 2000

For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Indeed he will deliver [the] needy [who is] crying for help, and [the] afflicted [who] has no helper.

Modern King James verseion

For He shall deliver the needy when he cries; and the poor with no helper.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

NET Bible

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

New Heart English Bible

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

The Emphasized Bible

Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

Webster

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

World English Bible

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

References

Hastings

Prayers for Psalm 72:12

Context Readings

A Prayer For The King

11 And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him, 12 For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper, 13 He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

Cross References

Job 29:12

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Psalm 72:4

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Psalm 10:17

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

Psalm 82:3-4

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

Psalm 102:17

He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

Psalm 102:20

To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

Luke 7:22

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

2 Corinthians 8:9

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

Hebrews 7:25

whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.

Revelation 3:17-18

because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

Isaiah 63:4-5

For the day of vengeance is in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come.

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