Psalm 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
Cross References
Psalm 2:9
You will break them an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery."

Psalm 72:12
For he shall deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Proverbs 29:14
A king who judges the poor with fairness--his throne will be established forever.

Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide in favor of the earth's oppressed. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

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He shall judge

Psalm 72:12-14
For he shall deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. . . .

Psalm 109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide in favor of the earth's oppressed. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Ezekiel 34:15, 16
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. . . .

Zechariah 11:7, 11
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock. . . .

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and good news is preached to the poor.

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Psalm 2:9
You will break them an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery."

Psalm 94:5
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

Job 19:2
"How long will you torment me and crush me with words?

Job 34:24
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

Proverbs 20:26
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Jeremiah 51:20-23
"You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. . . .

the oppressor

Isaiah 9:4
For the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor You have shattered as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 51:12, 13
I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal man, or a son of man who withers like grass? . . .

Daniel 2:34, 35
While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. . . .

Zechariah 9:8-10
But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes. . . .

Revelation 18:6-8, 20, 24
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. . . .

Revelation 19:2
For His judgments are true and righteous; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand."

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