Psalms 72:2 Cross References - Coverdale

² That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right, and defende thy poore.

⁵ And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte, and God sayde: Axe what I shal geue ye. ⁶ Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. ⁷ Now LORDE my God, thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade: As for me, I am but a small yonge man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge. ⁸ And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude. ⁹ Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? ¹⁰ This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion.

¹⁹ Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.

⁵ Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

⁶ Thy arowes are sharpe, the people shalbe subdued vnto the, euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies. ⁷ Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.

¹² For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe. ¹³ He shall be fauorable to the symple & poore, he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite. ¹⁴ He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion & wronge, & deare shal their bloude be in his sight.

³ Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right. ⁴ Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly.

⁷ he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace, and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome, to set vp the same, to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse, from thence forth for euermore. This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe.

² The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it: the sprete of wysdome, and vnderstondinge: the sprete of councel, and strength: ye sprete of knowlege, and of the feare of God: ³ and shal make him feruent in the feare of God. For he shal not geue sentece, after the thinge yt shal be brought before his eies, nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge: ⁴ but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde. He shal smyte ye worlde with ye staff of his mouth, & with ye breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked. ⁵ Rightuousnesse shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, treuth and faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes.

¹ Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

¹⁷ And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shalbe peace, and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer.

¹⁵ In those daies and at the same tyme, I will bringe forth vnto Dauid, the braunch of rightuousnes, and he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the londe.

¹¹ And I sawe heaue open, & beholde, a whyte horsse and he yt sat vpon him, was called faithfull and true, & in rightewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle.