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Psalms 140:12

WEB

12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

KJV

12I know[+] that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

BSB

12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

FBV

12Yet I know the Lord defends the rights of those who are persecuted, and gives justice to the poor.


Extra References

Psalms 9:4

4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.


1 Kings 8:49

49then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;


Proverbs 23:10-11

10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, 11for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.


1 Kings 8:45

45then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.


Jeremiah 22:16

16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.


Matthew 11:5

5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.


Psalms 35:10

10All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”


Psalms 102:17

17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.


Psalms 72:12-14

12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. 13He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. 14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.


Proverbs 22:22

22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;