Job 34:28

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

²⁷ because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways, ²⁸ so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy, ²⁹ but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

Cry of the Afflicted

Cry of the Poor

Job

Job 35:9

"Because of [the] multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of [the] arm of [the] mighty.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 3:7

And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings.

Psalm 12:5

"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."

Exodus 2:23-24

{And then} during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the {Israelites} groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.

Exodus 3:9

And now, look, the cry of distress of the {Israelites} has come to me, and also I see the oppression [with] which [the] Egyptians [are] oppressing them.

Exodus 22:23-27

If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress.

Job 22:9-10

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

Job 24:12

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

Job 29:12-13

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

Job 31:19-20

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!