Psalm 12:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Now will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in the salvation for which he pants.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

Common English Bible

⁵ But the LORD says, “Because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy, I’m now standing up. I will provide the help they are gasping for.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

Psalm 12:5 Cross References

Job 5:15

But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thy hand; forget not the afflicted.

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times; thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Psalm 31:19

O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 73:8

They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Isaiah 19:20

It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry to the Lord because of oppressors he will send them a savior, and will defend and deliver them.

Isaiah 33:10

“Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Hosea 7:16

They turn to Baal; they are like a treacherous bow, their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.