All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Parallel translations
- WEB All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
- KJV All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- NKJV All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”
- NASB All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from one who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”
- NLT With every bone in my body I will praise him: “Lord, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”
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Quick answer
David declares that his whole being will praise the Lord as the one who delivers the poor and needy from those too strong for them.
Overview
David vows wholehearted praise, marveling that none is like the Lord in rescuing the weak from powerful oppressors. God's incomparable character is seen in his care for the helpless. This points to Christ, who delivers the poor and needy from the strongest enemies of sin and death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 25
- Ps 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Ps 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Exod 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Ps 71:19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
- Ps 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Ps 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Ps 18:17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
- Ps 34:20He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
- Ps 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Ps 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Ps 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Ps 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Ps 89:6–8For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Ps 69:33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
- Prov 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Ps 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Isa 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Job 33:19–25A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Isa 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Ps 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Ps 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
- Job 5:15–16He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
- Ps 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Ps 102:17–20He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Jer 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
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