KJV King James Version
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
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Psalm 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
WEB World English Bible
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
Surrounding context — Psalm 9
1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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Psalm 140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.1 Peter 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 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.Psalm 98:9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.Psalm 47:8God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.Psalm 89:14Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.Psalm 16:5The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.Psalm 96:13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.Psalm 45:6-7Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
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