Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
In Context
11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
13He will have pity on a poor and needy man, and he will save the souls of the needy.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:2And every man who was in distress, and every man who was in debt, and every man who was discontented, gathered themselves to him, and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalms 10:17LORD, thou have heard the desire of the humble. Thou will prepare their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear,
Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 102:17He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Proverbs 29:7A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 72:3-18
The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 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 thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous… Read the whole commentary →