'Afflicted' in the Bible

For the One who seeks an accountingfor bloodshed remembers them;He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,You who lift me up from the gates of death,

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

Rise up, Lord God! Lift up Your hand.Do not forget the afflicted.

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully,

“Because of the oppression of the afflictedand the groaning of the poor,I will now rise up,” says the Lord.“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

You sinners frustrate the plans of the afflicted,but the Lord is his refuge.

from the wicked who have afflicted me, from my enemies who have surrounded me.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him, "May you live forever!"

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

My soul makes its boast in the Lord;The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice.

This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bowto bring down the afflicted and needyand to slaughter those whose way is upright.

I am afflicted and needy;the Lord thinks of me.You are my helper and my deliverer;my God, do not delay.

"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out.

Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

I am afflicted and needy;hurry to me, God.You are my help and my deliverer;Lord, do not delay.

He will judge Your people with righteousnessand Your afflicted ones with justice.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,help the poor,and crush the oppressor.

For he will rescue the poor who cry outand the afflicted who have no helper.

They are not in trouble like others;they are not afflicted like most people.

For I am afflicted all day longand punished every morning.

Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones.

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

when God arose to execute justice and to deliver all the afflicted of the earth. Interlude

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

LORD, listen and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;I even forget to eat my food.

He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;He has shortened my days.

They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

The Lord helps the afflictedbut brings the wicked to the ground.

For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.