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God’s Name Is Great in Israel

Psalms 76:9

In 11 translations

BSB
when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
KJV
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
WEB
when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
ASV
When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. [Selah
LSV
In the rising of God to judgment, || To save all the humble of earth. Selah.
YLT
In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Selah.
DBY
When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.Elohim
DRC75:10
When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
GNV
When thou, O God, arose to iudgement, to helpe all the meeke of the earth. Selah.
JPS76:10
When God arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
LXXE75:10
when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek in heart. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC76:10
בְּקוּם־לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט אֱלֹהִ֑ים לְהוֹשִׁ֖יעַ כָּל־עַנְוֵי־אֶ֣רֶץ סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.76.9
LXX-Br75:10
ἐν τῷ ἀναστῆναι εἰς κρίσιν τὸν Θεὸν, τοῦ σῶσαι πάντας τοὺς πρᾳεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ. διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
  • 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 9:7–9But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment. He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
  • Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
  • Psalms 82:2–5“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the…
  • Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
  • Psalms 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
  • 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

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  • 76:10 in some Bibles
  • 76:9 in most Bibles

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