Psalms 109:31

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“For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.”

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BSBPD

“For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 109:31 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
  2. Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  3. Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  4. Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
  5. Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
  6. Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
  7. Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
  8. Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
  9. Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  10. Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
  11. Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
  12. Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
  13. Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
  14. Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  15. Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
  16. Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

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