Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.Selah

New American Standard Bible

When God arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

King James Version

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

International Standard Version

when God arose to execute justice and to deliver all the afflicted of the earth. Interlude

A Conservative Version

when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

American Standard Version

When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah

Amplified


When God arose to [establish] judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

In God's rising up to judgment, to save all the poor of the earth. Silence.

King James 2000

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

when God rose for justice, to save all [the] afflicted of [the] land. Selah

Modern King James verseion

when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

yea, when God ariseth to give judgment, and to help all them that be in adversity upon earth. Selah.

NET Bible

when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

When God rose up to judgment, To save all the oppressed of the earth. Selah.

Webster

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

World English Bible

when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Selah.

Verse Info

Context Readings

God, The Powerful Judge

8 From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.Selah
10 Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.


Cross References

Psalm 9:7-9

But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
He has established His throne for judgment.

Psalm 25:9

He leads the humble in what is right
and teaches them His way.

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 82:2-5

“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

Psalm 149:4

For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people;
He adorns the humble with salvation.

Isaiah 11:4

but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and sleek.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth,
who carry out what He commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be concealed
on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Matthew 5:5

The gentle are blessed,
for they will inherit the earth.

1 Peter 3:4

Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.

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