Psalms 140:12

In 11 translations

BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

I have known that YHWH executes || The judgment of the afflicted, || The judgment of the needy.

YLT

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

DBY

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.

DRC139:13

I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

GNV

I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

JPS140:13

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

LXXE139:13

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.Gr. singular.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:13

ידעת כִּֽי־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְ֭הוָה דִּ֣ין עָנִ֑י מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃KJV:Ps.140.12Read aloud as (qere): יָדַ֗עְתִּי

LXX-Br139:13

Ἔγνων ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ πτωχοῦ, καὶ τὴν δίκην τῶν πενήτων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 9:4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
• 1 Kings 8:49then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
• 1 Kings 8:45then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
• Proverbs 23:10–11Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
• Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
• Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
• Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
• Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
• Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• Psalms 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
• Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their…
• Psalms 10:17–18You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

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