For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
Parallel translations
- KJV For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
- BSB For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- NKJV For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
- NASB For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
- NLT For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 140:12I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
- 1 Pet 2:23Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
- Isa 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
- Ps 98:9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
- Ps 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
- Ps 47:8God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
- Ps 16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Ps 96:13before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
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