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Psalms 72:4
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Psalms 72:4
4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
4Hee shall iudge the poore of the people, he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall breake in pieces the oppressour.
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Psalms 72:4
To decide, discern, govern, try, condemn, or pronounce judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To separate, fracture, open, interrupt, violate, subdue, or burst forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study4But 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 breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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Open the full verse study15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
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Open the full verse study31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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Open the full verse study8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
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Open the full verse study34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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Open the full verse study4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
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Open the full verse study24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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Open the full verse study5The 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.
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Open the full verse study26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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Open the full verse study9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
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Open the full verse study12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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Open the full verse study5They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
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Open the full verse study20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
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Open the full verse study24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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Open the full verse study6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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Open the full verse study2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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Open the full verse study7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
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Open the full verse study12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
13And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
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Open the full verse study20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
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Open the full verse study2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
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Open the full verse study11And 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.
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