Jeremiah 20:13
Sing to LORD. Praise ye LORD, for he has delivered the soul of the needy man from the hand of evil-doers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14Cursed be the day in which I was born. Let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
Cross References
Psalms 34:6This poor man cried, and LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?
Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Isaiah 25:4For thou have been a stronghold to a poor man, a stronghold to a needy man in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the oppressors is as a storm against the wall.
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14
The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →