12I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.


In Context

9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

13 Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Psalms 140:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the needy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.