Psalms 71:2
that he may judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
In Context
1O God, give your judgment to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son; 1
3Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to your people: 1
Cross References
Psalms 17:6And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears. 1
Psalms 31:2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 1
Psalms 43:1O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old. 1
Psalms 143:1Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war. 1
Daniel 9:16O Lord, your mercy is over all: let, I pray you, your wrath turn away, and your anger from your city Jerusalem, even your holy mountain: for we have sinned, and because of our iniquities, and those of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach among all that are round about us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:2-14
David Professes His Confidence in God; Believing Prayers. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God :… Read the whole commentary →