Psalm 72:14
New International Version
He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

New Living Translation
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to him.

English Standard Version
From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.

Berean Standard Bible
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

King James Bible
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

New King James Version
He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight.

New American Standard Bible
He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;

NASB 1995
He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;

NASB 1977
He will rescue their life from oppression and violence; And their blood will be precious in his sight;

Legacy Standard Bible
He will redeem their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;

Amplified Bible
He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence, And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Christian Standard Bible
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious in his sight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious in his sight.

American Standard Version
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He redeems their souls from fraud and from evil; their blood is precious in his eyes.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him.

Contemporary English Version
He cares when they hurt, and he saves them from cruel and violent deaths.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

English Revised Version
He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his sight:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will rescue them from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Good News Translation
He rescues them from oppression and violence; their lives are precious to him.

International Standard Version
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, since their lives are precious in his sight.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, And precious will their blood be in his sight.

Literal Standard Version
He redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, | And their blood is precious in His eyes.

Majority Standard Bible
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

New American Bible
From extortion and violence he redeems them, for precious is their blood in his sight.

NET Bible
From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

New Revised Standard Version
From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.

New Heart English Bible
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall be their blood in his sight.

World English Bible
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Young's Literal Translation
From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
13He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. 14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight. 15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul replied, "I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!"

Psalm 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 69:18
Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.


Treasury of Scripture

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

he shall

Psalm 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 130:8
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Genesis 48:16
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

precious

Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Matthew 23:30-36
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets…

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: …

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Psalm 72
1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the goodness and glory of God's kingdom
18. He blessed God














(14) And precious . . .--The parallelism shows the meaning. The life of his people is dear to the king, and he therefore protects them from violence.

Verse 14. - He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence. Messiah's especial tenderness towards the poor and lowly is a main feature in all descriptions of his kingdom (see Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 41:17, etc.), and was emphasized by our Lord when he came upon earth (Matthew 11:5; Luke 4:18). And precious shall their blood be in his sight. Worth, therefore, a mighty ransom (comp. Psalm 116:15).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He will rescue
יִגְאַ֣ל (yiḡ·’al)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman

them
נַפְשָׁ֑ם (nap̄·šām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

from oppression
מִתּ֣וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8496: Injury, oppression

and violence,
וּ֭מֵחָמָס (ū·mê·ḥā·mās)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain

for their blood
דָּמָ֣ם (dā·mām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

is precious
וְיֵיקַ֖ר (wə·yê·qar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rare

in his sight.
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain


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