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Salmos 140:12
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- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
Yo sé que el Señor sostendrá la causa del afligido, y el derecho de los pobres.
Yo s� que Jehov� amparar� la causa del afligido, y el derecho de los menesterosos.
Yo s� que har� el SE�OR el juicio del pobre, el juicio de los menesterosos.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the Lord: Psalms 9:4, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 72:12-14, Psalms 102:17, 1 Kings 8:45, 1 Kings 8:49, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 23:10, Proverbs 23:11, Isaiah 11:4, Jeremiah 22:16, Matthew 11:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:23 - I will surely 2 Samuel 22:28 - afflicted Job 5:15 - he saveth Job 36:6 - poor Psalms 7:11 - General Psalms 17:1 - Hear Psalms 35:10 - which Psalms 82:4 - rid Psalms 86:1 - for I am Psalms 109:31 - poor Proverbs 22:23 - the Lord Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Jeremiah 51:36 - I will plead Lamentations 3:35 - turn Amos 4:1 - which oppress Amos 8:4 - swallow Ephesians 6:9 - knowing 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - the Lord
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I know,.... Here is a double reading: the "Keri", or marginal reading, is, "thou knowest"; an appeal of the psalmist to God, who knew the thoughts of the wicked concerning him, and their devices against him; as Kimchi: but the Scripture reading is, I know; expressing his full persuasion and assurance
that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor; of his poor and afflicted people, that are afflicted within and without, by men and devils; and who are poor as to the things of this world, and poor in spirit, and sensible of their spiritual poverty, but rich in grace: the cause of these God will maintain against their oppressors, and right their wrongs, and avenge their injuries; this the psalmist knew, and was assured of from the word of God, from instances and examples in former times, and from his own experience, Psalms 9:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted - See the notes at Psalms 9:4. The psalmist here doubtless refers primarily to himself, as having a confident belief that the Lord would maintain “his” cause, or would defend “him.” At the same time he makes the statement general, implying that what would be done to him would be done to all in similar circumstances. The idea is that God, in all his attributes, in all his providential arrangements, in all his interpositions on earth, would be found to be on the side of the oppressed, the afflicted, and the wronged. He has no attribute that can take part with an oppressor or a wrong doer. The wicked cannot come to him with the belief that he will be on their side: the righteous - the oppressed - the afflicted - can.
And the right of the poor - He will defend the right of the poor. Literally, “The judgment of the poor.” That which will be just and right in their case.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 140:12. The cause of the afflicted — Every person who is persecuted for righteousness' sake has God for his peculiar help and refuge; and the persecutor has the same God for his especial enemy.
