Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
and to save all the lowly of the earth.
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.
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.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 76:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God, The Powerful Judge
8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound, 9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.) 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
Names
Cross References
Psalm 9:7-9
But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
Psalm 25:9
He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
Psalm 72:4
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.
Psalm 149:4
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
Isaiah 11:4
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.
Jeremiah 5:28
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.
Zephaniah 2:3
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.
Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
1 Peter 3:4
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.