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Psalms 72:13 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.


Psalms 72:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 72:137 words
HebrewMeaning
יָ֭חֹסyāḥōs
he will have compassionverbH2347
regard · spare
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דַּ֣לdal
the pooradjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
וְ/אֶבְי֑וֹןwəʾebəywōn
and the needyconjH34
needy · poor
וְ/נַפְשׁ֖וֹתwənapəšwōt
and the lives ofconjH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםʾebəywōniym
needy peopleadjH34
needy · poor
יוֹשִֽׁיעַywōšiyʿa
he will saveverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 72:13

1. “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm's title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaks concerning him: but they can most pertinently apply to the Lord Christ. Whence it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so that in him Christ is to be taken. For Salomon is interpreted peace-maker: and on this account such a word…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 72 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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