Psalm 72:2
Strong's Lexicon
He will judge
יָדִ֣ין (yā·ḏîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1777: 1) to judge, contend, plead 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as judge, minister judgment 1a2) to plead a cause 1a3) to execute judgment, requite, vindicate 1a4) to govern 1a5) to contend, strive 1b) (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel

Your people
עַמְּךָ֣ (‘am·mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

with righteousness
בְצֶ֑דֶק (ḇə·ṣe·ḏeq)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6664: 1) justice, rightness, righteousness 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) 1b) righteousness (in government) 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings 1b2) of law 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 1b5) of God's attribute 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) 1d) rightness (in speech) 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 1f2) in name of Messianic king 1f3) of people enjoying salvation 1f4) of Cyrus

and Your afflicted
וַעֲנִיֶּ֥יךָ (wa·‘ă·nî·ye·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6041: 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched 1d) humble, lowly

with justice.
בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ḇə·miš·pāṭ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4941: 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Young's Literal Translation
He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted ones with justice.

New American Standard Bible
May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice.

King James Bible
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

New Living Translation
Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.

English Standard Version
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!

New American Standard Bible
May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice.

King James Bible
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted ones with justice.

International Standard Version
May he rule your people with right decisions and your oppressed ones with justice.

NET Bible
Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

American Standard Version
He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

English Revised Version
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Young's Literal Translation
He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
















Cross References
1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

Psalm 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Isaiah 32:17
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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