Job 36:6

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

⁵ “Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶ “He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.
⁷ “He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

Justice to the Afflicted

Job

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Exodus 22:22-24

You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.

Job 5:15

“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Job 8:22

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

Job 21:7-9

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Job 21:30

“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.

Job 29:12-17

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Psalm 9:12

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 10:14-15

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.

Psalm 82:1-4

A Psalm of Asaph.
God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the rulers.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,