Psalms 72:2

In 11 translations

BSB

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

KJV

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

WEB

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

ASV

He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

LSV

He judges Your people with righteousness, || And Your poor with judgment.

YLT

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

DBY

He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

DRC71:2

Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.

GNV

Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

JPS

That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.

LXXE71:2

that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יָדִ֣ין עַמְּךָ֣ בְצֶ֑דֶק וַעֲנִיֶּ֥יךָ בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

LXX-Br71:2

κρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς σου ἐν κρίσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
• Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their…
• Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.…
• Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
• Isaiah 11:2–5The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will…
• Psalms 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil…
• 1 Kings 3:5–10One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked…
• Psalms 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
• Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
• Jeremiah 33:15In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

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