Psalms 72:4 BSB — MannaFest

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8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט׀	yish.Pot	he will judge	H8199 →
עֲֽנִיֵּי־	'ani.yei-	[the] poor [people] of	H6041 →
עָ֗ם	'Am	[the] people	H5971 →
י֭וֹשִׁיעַ	Yo.o.shi.a'	he will save	H3467 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	<to> [the] children of	H1121 →
אֶבְי֑וֹן	'ev.Yon	[the] needy	H34 →
וִֽידַכֵּ֣א	vi.da.Ke'	so he may crush	H1792 →
עוֹשֵֽׁק׃	o.Shek	[the] oppressor	H6231 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- Revelation 19:15
  And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
- Malachi 4:6
  And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Through
Psalms 109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
leads to
- Psalms 121:5
  The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Psalms 16:8
  I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 73:23
  Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
- Psalms 140:12
  I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalms 110:5
  The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.Ezekiel 34:15–16I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.Zechariah 9:8–10But 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.Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.Job 36:6He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.Proverbs 20:26A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.Psalms 94:5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.Zechariah 11:7So 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.Job 34:24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.Revelation 18:6–8Give 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 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

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