Psalms 140:12 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 140:12

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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29 verses on the floor

Psalms 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Psalms 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do him honour, so there were many who hated and envied him, and sought to do him mischief, as appears by these verses, where, I.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H177920× in canon H3461× in canon H604173× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 140:12JER 22:16 JER 9:24
PSA 140:12JER 22:16 ISA 1:17
PSA 140:12JER 22:16 1JN 2:3-4
PSA 140:12PSA 9:4 1PE 2:23
PSA 140:12JER 22:16 TIT 1:16
PSA 140:12PSA 9:4 PSA 98:9
PSA 140:12PSA 9:4 ISA 11:4
PSA 140:12PSA 9:4 PSA 89:14

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