Psalms 12:5
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?
6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
Job 5:15And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 10:5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 10:18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
Psalms 34:6This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:2-8
Complaints of the Times. 1 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will… Read the whole commentary →