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Psalm 140

Psa. 140:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Io know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to 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.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
that the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will maintain
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the cause
duwn (Hebrew #1779)
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by impl. also strife
KJV usage: cause, judgement, plea, strife.
Pronounce: doon
Origin: from 1777
of the afflicted
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
, and the right
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, 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
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
of the poor
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
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1 Kings 8:45• 45Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. (1 Kings 8:45)

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the Lord.
Psa. 9:4• 4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. (Psa. 9:4)
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Psa. 10:17‑18• 17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
 18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. (Psa. 10:17‑18)
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Psa. 22:24• 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. (Psa. 22:24)
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Psa. 72:4,12‑14• 4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
 12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
 13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
 14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:4,12‑14)
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Psa. 102:17• 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. (Psa. 102:17)
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1 Kings 8:45,49• 45Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
 49Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, (1 Kings 8:45,49)
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Prov. 22:22• 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: (Prov. 22:22)
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Prov. 23:10‑11• 10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
 11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)
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Isa. 11:4• 4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
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Jer. 22:16• 16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord. (Jer. 22:16)
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Matt. 11:5• 5The 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. (Matt. 11:5)
• (vv. 12-13) The psalm closes with an expression of the confidence of the psalmist that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the needy, resulting in the righteous praising the Lord’s name in the Lord’s presence. (“Psalms 140” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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