Psalms 140:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 140

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

Psalms 140:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
Proverbs 23:10-11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: …
1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Assurance Atheism Beggars Believing Faith Fear

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-13)

Here is the believing foresight David had, I. Of the shame and confusion of persecutors. 1. Their disappointment. This he prays for (Ps. 140:8), that their lusts might not be gratified, their lust of ambition, envy, and revenge: “ Grant not, O Lord! the desires of the wicked, but frustrate them; let them not see the ruin of my interest, which they so earnestly wish to see; but hear the voice of my…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. (Compare Psa 9:4).