Psalms 140:12 · KJV
“I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.”
— Psalms 140:12
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalms 140 — Context
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.
13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Cross References
Psalms 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. {maintained...: Heb. made my judgment} {judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness}
1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, {cause: or, right}
Proverbs 23:10-11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: {landmark: or, bound}
1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}
Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Psalms 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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.
Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, LORD, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?