39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults(A) and restrained his servant from doing evil.(B) The Lord brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.”(C)

Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.

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“Because of the devastation of the needy
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”(A)

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10 All my bones will say,
Lord, who is like you,(A)
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?” (B)

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God in his holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.(A)

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12 I[a] know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 140:12 Alt Hb tradition reads You

10 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,(A)
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong,(B)
and he will champion their cause against you.(C)

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13 The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.(A)
14 The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of his people:(B)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.(C)
15 Why do you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.

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