He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
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He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
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He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight;
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Passages linked to Psalms 72:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 116:15 Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.
- Luke 1:68-75 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people; and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men, forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
- Revelation 19:2 for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
- 2 Samuel 4:9 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
- Psalms 69:18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- Psalms 130:8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
- Revelation 17:6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
- Genesis 48:16 the angel who has 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. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
- Psalms 25:22 Redeem Israel, God, out of all his troubles.
- Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Revelation 6:9-11 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
- Matthew 23:30-36 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
- Revelation 18:20-24 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.” A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all. The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you. The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Though tyrants pass not to shed blood, yet this…
Though tyrants pass not to shed blood, yet this godly king shall preserve his subjects from all kind of wrong.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit…
Psa 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence] Those two noted engines of all mischief to the poor, viz. privy deceit (usury, the Septuagint and Vulgate render it) and open violence, επιβουλη και επιβολη, fraud and force, craft and cruelty.
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And precious shall their blood be in his sight] He shall be very tender of their lives, that they be not causelessly cast away, either in times of peace or war. Precious also in the sight of the Lord Christ is the death of his saints, his martyrs, Psa 116:15.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Deceit and violence; the two ways whereby the souls…
Deceit and violence; the two ways whereby the souls or lives of men are usually destroyed.
Precious shall their blood be in his sight; he will not be prodigal of the lives of his subjects, casting them away merely to gratify his own revenge, or covetousness, or insatiable desire of enlarging his empire, as earthly kings commonly do, but, like a true father of his people, will tenderly preserve them, and severely avenge their blood upon those who shall shed it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence,....…
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence,.... From all the secret and open designs and efforts of their enemies; "from deceit", and deceitfulness of sin and its lusts, so as that they shall not be finally hardened and destroyed by it; from the deceitfulness of the old serpent the devil, and all his cunning wiles and stratagems; and from false teachers, who lie in wait to deceive, and who would, if possible, deceive the very elect, but shall not: and from "violence"; from the violent and tyrannical power of sin, so as that it shall not have the dominion over them; from the rage and fury of the men of the world, which is overcome by him; and from Satan, the strong man armed, who is stronger than they; from him the devouring lion, who will not be able to snatch them out of Christ's hands;
and precious shall their blood be in his sight; so that he either prevents the shedding of it, or, when shed, avenges it; and dear are such persons to him; and very acceptable is the sacrifice of their lives for his sake, who have the honour to suffer martyrdom for him; see Psa 116:15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Deceit and violence - The two ways whereby the…
Deceit and violence - The two ways whereby the lives of men are usually destroyed. Precious - He will not be prodigal of the lives of his subjects, but like a true father of his people, will tenderly preserve them, and severely avenge their blood upon those who shall shed it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. From deceit and violence] Because they are…
Verse 14. From deceit and violence] Because they are poor and uneducated, they are liable to be deceived; and because they are helpless, they are liable to oppression; but his equal justice shall duly consider these cases; and no man shall suffer because he is deceived, though the letter of the law may be against him.
And precious shall their blood be] If the blood or life of such a person shall have been spilt by the hand of violence, he shall seek it out, and visit it on the murderer, though he were the chief in the land. He shall not be screened, though he were of the blood royal, if he have wilfully taken away the life of a man.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence…
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence - He will rescue their lives; that is, he will deliver them from the hands of men who practice deceit, or who are dishonest and unjust - and from the hands of those who oppress. This is stating in another form the idea that his reign would be one of equity, protecting the rights of the poor, and delivering the oppressed.
And precious shall their blood be in his sight - That is, so precious that he will not permit it to be shed unjustly, but will come to their rescue when their life is in danger; or, that - being shed - he will regard it as so valuable that he will not permit it to go unavenged. He will never be indifferent to their safety, or their reputation.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Deceit and violence— “Under the terms craft and…
14. Deceit and violence— “Under the terms craft and violence the psalmist comprehends all kinds of misdealing; for a man in doing harm is either a lion or a fox: for some rage with open force, and others creep to misdealing insidiously and by stealthy arts.”—Calvin.
Precious shall their blood be—How true of the reign of Christ, our king and avenger! See Psa_116:15. He will requite innocent blood. Mat_23:34-36; Rev_18:20; Rev_18:24; Rev_19:2. Christ is identified with his saints in joy or suffering. Mat_10:40; Act_9:4-5
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. deceit] Oppression (R.V.) or fraud (R.V. marg.). The…
14. deceit] Oppression (R.V.) or fraud (R.V. marg.). The word occurs elsewhere only in Psa_10:7; Psa_55:11.
and precious &c.] He will not suffer it to be shed with impunity. Cp. for the phrase Psa_116:15; 1Sa_26:21; 1Ki_1:13-14; and see Psa_9:12. P.B.V. dear means ‘costly’ or ‘precious.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) And precious . . .—The parallelism shows the…
(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.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence.…
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 Isa_11:4 Isa_29:19 Isa_41:17, etc.) and was emphasized by our Lord when he came upon earth. (Mat_11:5 Luk_4:18) And precious shall their blood be in his sight. Worth, therefore, a mighty ransom. (comp. Psa_116:15)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit…
Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence. These two things are the weapons with which the poor are assailed: both law and no law are employed to fleece them. The fox and the lion are combined against Christ's lambs, but the Shepherd will defeat them, and rescue the defenceless from their teeth. A soul hunted by the temptations of Satanic craft, and the insinuations of diabolical malice, will do well to fly to the throne of Jesus for shelter.
And precious shall their blood be in his sight. He will not throw away his subjects in needless wars as tyrants have done, but will take every means for preserving the humblest of them. Conquerors have reckoned thousands of lives as small items; they have reddened fields with gore, as if blood were water, and flesh but manure for harvests; but Jesus, though he gave his own blood, is very chary of the blood of his servants, and if they must die for him as martyrs, he loves their memory, and counts their lives as his precious things.
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Ver. 14. And precious shall their blood be in his sight. The Angolani so despised their slaves that they would sometimes give as many as twenty-two for one hunting dog... But Christ prefers the soul of one of his servants to the whole world, since he died that it might be made more capable of entering into eternal felicity. For breaking one goblet the Roman cast his slave into the pond to be devoured by the muraenae. But the Son of God came down from heaven to earth to deliver mankind, his vile, ungrateful, faithless servants, from the pangs of the serpent, like the golden fleece, and save them as Jonah from the whale. Is not their blood precious in his sight? Thomas Le Blanc.
Ver. 14. The martyr's hope in life and comfort in death. G. Rogers.
Ver. 14 (last clause). The martyr's blood.
I. Seen of God when shed.
II. Remembered by him.
III. Honoured by being a benefit to the church.
IV. Rewarded especially in heaven.
Psalms 72:15*
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
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Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
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