Job 5:15
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
In Context
14They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the poor who crieth for aid, And the oppressed who hath no helper.
Psalms 109:31For he standeth at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →