Psalms 12:5

Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

6The wordes of the Lord are pure wordes, as the siluer, tried in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.

Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lord, that I should heare his voyce, and let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.

Job 5:15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,

Psalms 10:5His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

Psalms 10:18To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.

Psalms 34:6This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard him, and saued him out of 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 →

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