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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• 45{i}then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.{/i} (1 Kings 8:45)

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Psa. 9:4• 4For thou hast maintained my cause and my right;{HR}Thou satest upon the throne, judging righteously. (Psa. 9:4)
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Psa. 10:17‑18• 17The desire of the afflicted thou hast heard, O Jehovah;{HR}Thou strengthenest their heart, thou causest thine ear to hearken,
 18To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:17‑18)
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Psa. 22:24• 24For he hath not despised nor hath he abhorred the affliction of the poor,{HR}And he hath not hidden his face from him,{HR}And when he cried for help unto him, he heard. (Psa. 22:24)
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Psa. 72:4,12‑14• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor.
 12For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper.
 13He will have pity on a poor and needy one,{HR}And the souls of the needy will he save.
 14From fraud and from violence will he redeem their soul,{HR}And precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:4,12‑14)
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Psa. 102:17• 17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer. (Psa. 102:17)
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1 Kings 8:45,49• 45{i}then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.{/i}
 49{i}then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;{/i} (1 Kings 8:45,49)
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Prov. 22:22• 22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; (Prov. 22:22)
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Prov. 23:10‑11• 10Remove not the ancient landmark,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
 11For their redeemer [is] strong;{HR}He will plead their cause against thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)
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Isa. 11:4• 4but with righteousness will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked [one]. (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 Jehovah. (Jer. 22:16)
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Matt. 11:5• 5{i}Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:{/i} (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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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I know that Jehovah will maintain the poor one’s cause,{HR}The right of the needy.