Psalm 109:31 {108:31}
Good News Translation
because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

New Revised Standard Version
For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

Contemporary English Version
You help everyone in need, and you save them from death.

New American Bible
For he stands at the right hand of the poor to save him from those who pass judgment on him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

for he

Psalm 16:8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

Psalm 73:23 I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.

Psalm 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

Psalm 121:5 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

poor

Psalm 109:16 because he remembered not to shew mercy,

Psalm 68:5 Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:

Psalm 72:4,12,13 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor. . . .

Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

to save

Psalm 10:14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

Exodus 22:22-24 You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan. . . .

Proverbs 22:22,23 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord.

Acts 4:10-12 Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you, whole. . . .

Acts 5:30,31 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. . . .

those that condemn.

Context
The Song of the Slandered
30I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. 31Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
Cross References
Psalm 16:8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

Psalm 37:33
But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

Psalm 73:23
I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.

Psalm 110:5
The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

Psalm 121:5
The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

Psalm 109:30
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