Psalm 140:12 - Revised Standard Version

¹² I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.

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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 hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

1 Kings 8:49

then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause

Psalm 102:17

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

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Psalm 12:4

those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?”

Psalm 22:24

For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”

Psalm 72:4

May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!

Psalm 9:4

For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite 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. Is not this to know me? says the Lord.

Matthew 11:5

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