Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ Them who say - With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master? ⁵ Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say, - I will place him in safety - let him puff at him! ⁶ The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

Now, will I arise, Saith Yahweh, Now, will I lift myself up, Now, will I be exalted!

Exodus 2:23-24

And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented, - and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.

Exodus 3:7-9

Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt, - and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains;

Judges 10:16

And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh, - and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

Job 5:15

But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.

Job 5:21

During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;

Psalm 10:5

His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:

Psalm 10:12

Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand, - Do not forget the patient!

Psalm 10:18

To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!

Psalm 34:6

This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard - and, out of all his distresses, saved him.

Psalm 74:21-22

May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy, let them praise thy Name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Wherefore should the nations say - Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! Yea! By the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!

Psalm 146:7-8

Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners;

Proverbs 14:31

The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, - for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

Isaiah 19:20

And it shall become a sign and a witness unto Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt, - For they will make outcry unto Yahweh, because of oppressors, That he would send them a saviour - and a great one Then will he deliver them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;

Ezekiel 18:18

His father Because he exacted unjust gain Seized plunder of a brother, And that which was not good, had-done in the midst of his people Therefore lo! he died, in his iniquity.

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice, O mine enemy, against me, Though I fall, I shall rise again! Though I sit in darkness, Yahweh, is a light to me.

James 5:4

Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields - that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered: