Psalms 9:12
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
In Context
11Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Judges 10:16And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:24For 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.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Psalms 76:3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:12-20
A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk… Read the whole commentary →