Psalm 76:9 {75:10}
Good News Translation
when you rose up to pronounce judgment, to save all the oppressed on earth.

New Revised Standard Version
when God rose up to establish judgment, to save all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

Contemporary English Version
when you took over as judge, ready to rescue everyone in need.

New American Bible
When you arose, O God, for judgment to save the afflicted of the land. Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

when

Psalm 9:7-9 But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment: . . .

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

Psalm 82:2-5 How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked? . . .

Isaiah 11:4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 5:28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, and they have not judged the judgment of the poor.

to save

Psalm 25:9 He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

Psalm 149:4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord's indignation.

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

1 Peter 3:4 But the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit which is rich in the sight of God.

Context
God's Name is Great in Israel
8Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled and was still, 9When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.10For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.…
Cross References
Psalm 9:7
But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:

Psalm 9:8
And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

Psalm 74:22
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.

Psalm 82:8
Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

Psalm 76:8
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