Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! ⁴ May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.
⁵ May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

Cause of the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Isaiah 11:4

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

Job 19:2

"How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?

Job 34:24

He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.

Psalm 2:9

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

Psalm 72:12-14

For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

Psalm 94:5

They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Proverbs 20:26

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

Isaiah 9:4

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

Isaiah 51:12-13

"I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Jeremiah 51:20-23

"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

Daniel 2:34-35

As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

Zechariah 9:8-10

Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again march over them, for now I see with my own eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Matthew 11:5

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

Revelation 18:6-8

Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."

Revelation 19:2

for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."