Psalms 12:5

Because of the oppression of the weak, Yahweh declares He will now arise to protect them. God promises to act for the afflicted who are maligned.

Cross-references · 22

• Ps 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
• Prov 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• Jas 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Ps 146:7–8He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
• Mic 7:8–9Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
• Isa 33:10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
• Exod 2:23–24After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
• Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
• Job 5:21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
• Ps 10:12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
• Ezek 18:12–13He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
• Exod 3:7–9The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
• Isa 19:20It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
• Ps 74:21–22Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
• Ps 79:10–11Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
• Ezek 18:18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
• Ps 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
• Prov 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• Eccl 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
• Eccl 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
• Ps 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
• Judg 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

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