Psalms 140:12
“I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore.”
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Psalms 140:12 Context
10Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe. 11Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him. 12I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore. 13Surely the righteous shall giue thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright shall dwell in thy presence.
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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
- King James Version
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
- Basic English Bible
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.
- Darby Bible
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Webster's Bible
I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
- World English Bible
I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(140:13) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible