Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
BSB
ASV
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
KJV
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and, the right of the poor. All through the Psalm the writer is bravely confident, and speaks of things about which he had no doubt: in fact, no Psalm can be more grandly positive than this protest against slander. The slandered saint knew Jehovah's care for the afflicted, for he had received actual proofs of it himself. "I will maintain it" is the motto of the great Defender of the rights of the needy. What confidence this should create within the bosoms of the persecuted and poverty stricken!
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.
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Jeremiah 22:16He 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.
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But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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Psalms 9:4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
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When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
but 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…
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.