Psalm 140:12 - Modern English Version

¹² I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And the right of the poor.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² I know and rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor and needy [of His believing children].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

Common English Bible

¹² I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.

Psalm 140:12 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 8:45

then may You hear their prayer and supplication in heaven and maintain their cause.

1 Kings 8:49

then may You hear their prayers and supplications in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 12:3

The Lord will cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

Psalm 12:4

those who say, “With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are in our control. Who is our master?”

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but heard when he cried to Him.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like You, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 9:4

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging what is right.

Proverbs 22:22

Exploit not the poor, because he is poor, and oppress not the afflicted at the gate,

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and reprove with fairness for the meek of the earth. He shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Is not this what it means to know Me? says the Lord.

Matthew 11:5

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