Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness. ⁴ May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.
⁵ They shall fear thee along with the sun and before the moon throughout all generations.

Cause of the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Job 19:2

How long will ye anguish my soul and break me in pieces with words?

Job 34:24

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead.

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.

Psalm 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.

Psalm 109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.

Isaiah 9:4

For thou hast broken his heavy yoke and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 51:12-13

I, even I, am he that comforts you. Who art thou that thou should be afraid of man that is mortal and of the son of man which shall be counted as stubble?

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Thou art my hammer, O weapons of war: for with thee I will break in pieces the Gentiles, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to have a fold, saith the Lord GOD.

Daniel 2:34-35

Thou didst see until a stone was cut out, not with hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and baked clay and broke them to pieces.

Zechariah 9:8-10

And I will be the defence and firm support to my house from him that comes and goes; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more, for now I have seen with my eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. For I took unto me two staves: the one I named Beauty, and the other Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that look unto me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Matthew 11:5

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

Revelation 18:6-8

Reward her even as she rewarded you and pay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has given thee to drink, give her double.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your cause upon her.

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Revelation 19:2

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.