Psalms 140:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל־יִכּ֢וֹן בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ־חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃

Transliteration

ʾîš lāšôn bal-yikkôn in-the-ʾāreṣ ʾîš-ḥāmās rāʿ yəṣûdennû to-madḥēpōt

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: masculine singular construct noun - man of
• *lāšôn*: feminine singular noun - tongue
• *bal*: negative particle - not
• *yikkôn*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular verb - be established
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - in the land/earth
• *ḥāmās*: masculine singular noun - violence
• *rāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - evil
• *yəṣûdennû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular verb with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he will hunt him
• *madḥēpōt*: feminine plural noun with prefixed preposition lamed (to/for) - to overthrows/downfalls

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš* *lāšôn*: man of tongue/slanderer/man of evil speech
• *yikkôn*: be established/be secure/endure
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *ʾîš*-*ḥāmās*: man of violence/violent person
• *rāʿ*: evil/wicked/harmful
• *yəṣûdennû*: he will hunt him/he will chase him/he will pursue him
• *madḥēpōt*: overthrows/downfalls/destructions/precipices

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:4 : 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
• 1 Kgs 8:45 : 45 then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
• 1 Kgs 8:49 : 49 then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling - place, and maintain their cause;
• Ps 10:17-18 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
• Ps 22:24 : 24 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.
• Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
• Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
• Ps 102:17 : 17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
• Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide 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.
• Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
• Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.