For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
Psalm 76:9 - English Standard Version 2016 when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When God arose to [establish] judgment, to save all the meek and oppressed of the earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. [Selah Common English Bible when God rose up to establish justice, when God rose up to save all of the earth’s poor. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from generation to generation? |
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out.
but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.