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Psalms 72:14

72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
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. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

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

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

72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. shall be given: Heb. one shall give

What does Psalms 72:14 mean?

Psalms 72:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גָּאַל (gâʼal), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), תֹּךְ (tôk).

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He
shall
redeemגָּאַלgâʼal/gaw-al'/H1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
their
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from
deceitתֹּךְtôk/toke/H8496oppression
and
violence:חָמָסchâmâç/khaw-mawce'/H2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
and
preciousיָקַרyâqar/yaw-kar'/H3365properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
shall
their
bloodדָּםdâm/dawm/H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
be
in
his
sight.עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 72:14.

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 9:4

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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What does Psalms 72:14 say?

Psalms 72:14 (King James Version) reads: "He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight."

Is Psalms 72:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 72:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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