Psalms 140:12
10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 the LORD 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.
- DARBY
- I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.
- BLB
- I know that YHWH upholds justice for the poor, [and] judgment for the needy.
- ÅB
- Jeg vet at Herren gir den elendige rett, de fattige rettferdighet.
- OTB
- Jeg er trygg på at Herren vil opprettholde de lidendes sak,
Og bringe rettferdighet til de fattige. - B1930
- Jeg vet at Herren gir den elendige rett, de fattige rettferdighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 9:4
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
Read in context1 Kings 8:49
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
Read in context1 Kings 8:45
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10–11
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Read in contextJeremiah 22:16
He 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.
Read in contextPsalms 35:10
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Read in contextPsalms 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Read in contextMatthew 11:5
The 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.
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