Psalms 12:5

“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”

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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

4they declare, “Our tongue is our strength, our allies our lips: who is lord over us?”

6The words of the Lord are words that are pure, silver smelted, seven times refined.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:5Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.

Psalms 10:18rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.

Psalms 34:6Here is one who was crushed, but cried and was heard by the Lord, and brought safe out of every trouble.

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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