Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
May he rule your people with right decisions and your oppressed ones with justice.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Holman Bible
and Your afflicted ones with justice.
A Conservative Version
He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice.
American Standard Version
He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.
Amplified
May he judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your afflicted with justice.
Bible in Basic English
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
Darby Translation
He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall judge thy people in justice, and thy poor in judgment.
King James 2000
He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Modern King James verseion
He will judge Your people in righteousness, and Your poor with judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.
NET Bible
Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.
New Heart English Bible
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
The Emphasized Bible
May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
Webster
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
World English Bible
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Youngs Literal Translation
He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 72:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For The King
1 God, endow the king with ability to render your justice, and the king's son to render your right decisions. 2 May he rule your people with right decisions and your oppressed ones with justice. 3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills bring righteousness.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:1
"Look, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will rule with justice.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the growth of his government and peace there will be no end. He will rule over his kingdom, sitting on the throne of David, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will accomplish this.
1 Kings 3:5-10
The LORD appeared to Solomon one night in a dream and told him, "Ask me for whatever you want and I'll give it to you."
Job 34:19
Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.
Psalm 12:5
"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."
Psalm 45:6-7
Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.
Psalm 82:3-4
"Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.
Isaiah 11:2-5
The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 32:17
The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Jeremiah 33:15
In those days and at that time I'll cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he will uphold justice and righteousness in the land.
Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there was a white horse! Its rider is named Faithful and True. He administers justice and wages war righteously.