Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ Let the mountains bring peace to 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 Let them 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 will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment me
And crush me with words?

Job 34:24

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

Psalm 2:9

‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, 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,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

Proverbs 20:26

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

Isaiah 9:4

For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.

Isaiah 51:12-13

“I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies
And of the son of man who is made like grass,

Jeremiah 51:20-23

He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God.

Daniel 2:34-35

You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

Zechariah 9:8-10

But I will camp around My house because of an army,
Because of him who passes by and returns;
And no oppressor will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the Lord.

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive 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

Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced 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 the earth.”

Revelation 19:2

because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”