KJV King James Version
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
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Psalm 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
WEB World English Bible
“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
ASV American Standard Version
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.
Surrounding context — Psalm 12
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִשֹּׁ֥דH7701 · shodviolenceעֲנִיִּים֮H6041 · a.niafflictedמֵאַנְקַ֪תH603 · a.na.qahgroaningאֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥יםH34 · ev.yonneedyעַתָּ֣הH6258 · at.tahnowאָ֭קוּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiיֹאמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאָשִׁ֥יתH7896 · shitto set: makeבְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁעH3468 · ye.sahsalvationיָפִ֥יחַֽH6315 · pu.achto breatheלֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Psalm 146:7-8Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:Micah 7:8-9Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.Isaiah 33:10Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.Exodus 2:23-24And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.Job 5:15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.Job 5:21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.Psalm 10:12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.Ezekiel 18:12-13Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,Exodus 3:7-9And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;Psalm 74:21-22O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.Isaiah 19:20And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.Psalm 79:10-11Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.Proverbs 22:22-23Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.Ezekiel 18:18[As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
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