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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.

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 m…

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