Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Who say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; Who is lord over us?”
6The words of the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.
Cross References
Job 5:15So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 10:5His course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 10:18Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.
Psalms 34:6This afflicted man cried, and the LORD heard, And saved him from 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 →