'Afflicted' in the Bible
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah was his refuge.
For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
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.
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.
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!
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!
But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.
He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted.
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.
{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.
They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
Fools, because of their way of 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. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say --
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.