Psalms 12:5

lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

In Context

4Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

6But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:23And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.

Exodus 5:2And Pharao said, Who is he that I should hearken to his voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I + 5:2 Gr. do not let, etc.will not let Israel go.

Job 5:15and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

Psalms 10:5The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Psalms 34:6Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.

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 →

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