Psalms 76:9

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When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

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  • Ps 9:7-9 : 7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging. 8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples. 9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
  • Ps 82:2-5 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers. 5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

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  • 8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

  • 6 And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

    20 Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

  • 9 Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...

  • Ps 9:8-9
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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

    9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

  • Ps 67:2-5
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    2 So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

    3 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

    4 O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

    5 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

  • 8 Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.

  • 29 For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

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    6 Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

  • Ps 10:17-18
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    17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • 2 When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

  • 6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

  • Ps 82:2-3
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    2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

  • 12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.

  • 9 He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

  • 5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

  • Ps 72:2-4
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    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

    3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

    4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

  • 11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

  • 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.

  • 13 Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

  • 4 His voice will go out to the heavens and to the earth, for the judging of his people:

  • 7 O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

  • 31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

  • 2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

  • 4 Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

  • 23 Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

  • 11 But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

  • 13 The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • 3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

  • 6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

  • 16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

  • 10 Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

  • 12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

  • 4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

  • 29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

  • 7 All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

  • 3 Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

  • 1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

  • 32 Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)