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Psalms 72:13

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

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יָ֭חֹסyachospityחוּסverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “pity”, an unfinished actionH2347properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionatepity, regard, spare.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…דַּ֣לdalleanדַּלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “lean”, the ordinary formH1800properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thinlean, needy, poor (man), weaker.וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonand beggarאֶבְיוֹןconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹתvenafshotand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםevyonimbeggarאֶבְיוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).יוֹשִֽׁיעַyoshiabe safeיָשַׁעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be safe”, an unfinished actionH3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor[idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

World English Bible

He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

Darby Translation

He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:

Douay-Rheims

And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φείσεται πτωχοῦ καὶ πένητος, καὶ ψυχὰς πένητων σώσει.