For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
- BSB For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- NKJV For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.
- NASB ¶For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
- NLT He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.
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Quick answer
The king delivers the needy who cry out and the poor who have no helper.
Overview
His greatness is measured by his mercy to those with no one else to defend them. The helpless find a champion in this king. Christ supremely embodies this compassion, answering the cry of the helpless and saving those who have no other refuge (Matthew 11:28).
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Cross-references · 14
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Ps 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
- Rev 3:17–18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
- Eccl 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Heb 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Ps 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Ps 82:3–4Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Ps 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Isa 41:17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
- Ps 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
- Isa 63:4–5For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
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