Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. ⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵ They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

Cause of the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness shall he 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 shall he slay the wicked.

Job 19:2

How long will you torment 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 place.

Psalm 2:9

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

Psalm 72:12-14

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

Psalm 94:5

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

Psalm 109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Proverbs 20:26

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

Isaiah 9:4

For you have broken the yoke of his burden, 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 are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

Jeremiah 51:20-23

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

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

Daniel 2:34-35

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

Zechariah 9:8-10

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staffs; the one I called Grace, and the other I called Unity; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon 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 double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on 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 harlot, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.