Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

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Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
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“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” ⁶
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

“Now I will arise,” says the Lord.
“Now I will be exalted; now I will be lifted up.

Exodus 2:23-24

Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 3:7-9

The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.

Judges 10:16

So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

Job 5:15

“But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];
Do not forget the suffering.

Psalm 10:18

To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.

Psalm 74:21-22

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

Psalm 146:7-8

Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker,
But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].

Isaiah 19:20

It will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior, a [Great] Defender, and He will rescue them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore [to the debtor] his pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols, and commits repulsive acts,

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his sin.

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.