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Psalms 140:12

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

KJV

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

ASV

אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל יִכּ֪וֹן בָּ֫/אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗/נּוּ לְ/מַדְחֵפֹֽת

Hebrew

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

YLT

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מַדְחֵפֹֽת
mdchpt
noun · 1×
נִי
ny
verb · 18×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:45 — Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
  • 1Kgs 8:49 — Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Jer 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
  • Jer 51:36 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
  • Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
  • Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
  • Matt 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
  • Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 22:23 — For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Prov 23:10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
  • Ps 7:11 — God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
  • Ps 9:4 — For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • Ps 9:4 — For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • Ps 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
  • Ps 17:1 — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
  • Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
  • Ps 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
  • Ps 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
  • Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
  • Ps 82:4 — Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 86:1 — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
  • Ps 102:17 — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.