Psalms 72:13
He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
BSB
ASV
He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
KJV
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
He shall spare the poor and needy. His pity shall be manifested to them; he will not allow their trials to overwhelm them; his rod of correction shall fall lightly; he will be sparing of his rebukes, and not sparing in his consolations. And shall save the souls of the needy. His is the dominion of souls, a spiritual and not a worldly empire; and the needy, that is to say, the consciously unworthy and weak, shall find that he will give them his salvation. Jesus calls not the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
He will spare the needy that throw themselves on his mercy, and will not be rigorous and severe with them; he will save their souls, and that is all they desire. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Christ is the poor man's King.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
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Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
