Psalm 140:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
עָנָה
ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Key Terms in This Verse
יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →עָנָה ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Study H6031 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
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, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
The 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.
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
For 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.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
But 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...
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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