Psalms 72:12

New Living Translation

He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth: and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper.

Darby Translation
For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;

New King James Version
For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.

Literal Translation
For He shall save the needy who cries, and the poor with no helper.

Easy-to-Read Version
Our king helps the poor who cry out to him— those in need who have no one to help them.

World English Bible
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; The poor, who has no helper.

King James Version (1611)
O God, be not farre from mee: O my God, make haste for my helpe.

King James Version
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe.

Amplified Bible
For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

American Standard Version
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

Bible in Basic English
For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Update Bible Version
For he will deliver the needy when he cries, And the poor, that has no helper.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

New English Translation
For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

Contemporary English Version
Do this because the king rescues the homeless when they cry out, and he helps everyone who is poor and in need.

Complete Jewish Bible
For he will rescue the needy when they cry, the poor too and those with none to help them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.

George Lamsa Translation
For he shall deliver the needy from the mighty, the poor also, who has no helper.

Hebrew Names Version
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; The poor, who has no helper.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

New Life Bible
For He will take out of trouble the one in need when he cries for help, and the poor man who has no one to help.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

English Revised Version
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; and the poor, that hath no helper.

Berean Standard Bible
For he shall deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

New Revised Standard
For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(71-12) For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

Lexham English Bible
Indeed he will deliver the needy who is crying for help, and the afflicted who has no helper.

English Standard Version
For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

New American Standard Bible
For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

New Century Version
He will help the poor when they cry out and will save the needy when no one else will help.

Good News Translation
He rescues the poor who call to him, and those who are needy and neglected.

Christian Standard Bible®
For he will rescue the poor who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he schal delyuer a pore man fro the miyti; and a pore man to whom was noon helpere.

Young's Literal Translation
For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

Revised Standard Version
For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

Contextual Overview

² Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly. ³ May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful. ⁴ Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors. ⁵ May they fear you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains in the sky. Yes, forever! ⁶ May the king's rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth. ⁷ May all the godly flourish during his reign. May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more. ⁸ May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. ⁹ Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust. ¹⁰ The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts. ¹¹ All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 72:4, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 102:17, Psalms 102:20, Job 29:12, Isaiah 41:17, Luke 4:18, Luke 7:22, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Hebrews 7:25, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18

him: Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 63:4, Isaiah 63:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:26 - General Exodus 22:27 - when he crieth Leviticus 14:32 - whose hand 1 Samuel 22:2 - a captain 2 Samuel 22:28 - afflicted Job 5:15 - he saveth Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 9:18 - For the Psalms 22:11 - none to help Psalms 69:33 - the Lord Psalms 72:2 - He shall Psalms 86:1 - for I am Psalms 103:6 - executeth Psalms 109:31 - poor Psalms 136:23 - in our low estate Psalms 140:12 - the Lord Proverbs 29:14 - king Isaiah 11:4 - But with Jeremiah 21:12 - Execute Jeremiah 22:16 - judged Ezekiel 34:10 - for I will Ezekiel 34:22 - will I Zechariah 11:11 - so Matthew 11:5 - the poor John 5:7 - I have Romans 7:24 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth,.... Such as are not only in want, but are sensible of it, see their need of Christ and his righteousness, and salvation by him, and cry to him for the same, under a sense of their misery and danger; these he delivers out of all their troubles, and out of the hands of all their enemies, and supplies all their need;

the poor also; the poor in spirit; who acknowledge their spiritual poverty, and apply to him for the true riches; to these he gives gold tried in the fire, that they may be rich; he gives them grace here, and glory hereafter;

and [him] that hath no helper; that is in an helpless condition; can neither help himself, nor can any creature, angel or man, give him any help: but this being laid on Christ, and found in him, is given to him, whereby he is delivered out of a miserable state into a very comfortable and happy one; and such humane, kind, and tender regard to the needy, poor, and helpless, in this great King spoken of, is what engages to a cheerful subjection to him, and worship and reverence of him; more of which is expressed in the following verses, as the reason of the great esteem he should be had in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth - The sufferer; the down-trodden; the oppressed. See the notes at Psalms 72:4. Compare the notes at Isaiah 61:1.

The poor also ... - All who have no protector; all who are exposed to injustice and wrong from others. This is everywhere declared to be the characteristic of the reign of the Messiah. See the notes at Isaiah 11:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 72:12. He shall deliver the needy when he crieth — The poor and the rich shall, in the administration of justice, be equally respected; and the strong shall not be permitted to oppress the weak.