Psalms 140:12

140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. an: Heb. a man of tongue: or an evil speaker, a wicked man of violence be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow

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

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I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

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.

140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

What does Psalms 140:12 mean?

Psalms 140:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָדַע (yâdaʻ), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh).

Hebrew interlinear

knowיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

that

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

will

maintainעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

the

causeדִּיןdîyn/deen/H1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife

the

afflicted,עָנִיʻânîy/aw-nee'/H6041depressed, in mind or circumstances

and

the

rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

the

poor.אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwn/eb-yone'/H34destitute

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Afflictions and Adversities Poor, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 140:12.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 24:14

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 140:12 say?

Psalms 140:12 (King James Version) reads: "I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor."

Is Psalms 140:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 140:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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