Psalm 72:4

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Summary

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

He shall judge

Break

The oppressor

General references

Proverbs 20:8

Bible References

He shall judge

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

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David.

but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Break

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

"How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

The oppressor

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

"I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

I will encamp around my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."

General references

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.