Jeremiah 20:13
Sing ye to Yahweh! Praise ye Yahweh! For he hath delivered the soul of the needy, out of the hand of evildoers.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14Accursed, be the day on which I was born,—The day when my mother bare me, let it not be blessed!
Cross References
Psalms 34:6This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard—and, out of all his distresses, saved him.
Psalms 35:10All my bones, shall say—O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.
Psalms 72:4May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
Isaiah 25:4For thou didst become A refuge to the weak. A refuge to the needy, when distress was upon him,—A shelter from the storm. A shade from the heat, When the blast of tyrants was like a storm against a wall.
James 2:5Hearken! my brethren beloved:—Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14
The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →