World English Bible
Psalms 72:2
“He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.”
Psalms 72:2 in the King James Version
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.Read Psalms 72:2 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Psalms 72
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
Cross references for Psalms 72:2
- Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
- Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
- Psalms 72:12-14
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in ...
- Job 34:19
Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
- Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of A...
- 1 Kings 3:5-10
In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you." Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in rig...
- Psalms 82:3-4
Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 12:5
Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him.
- Isaiah 11:2-5
The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of ...
- Psalms 45:6-7
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
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