Psalm 9:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

Common English Bible

¹² Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalm 9:12 Cross References

Genesis 9:5

For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:

Psalm 22:24

For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me but heard when I cried to him.

Psalm 34:6

This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord and was saved from every trouble.

Psalm 68:17

With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands, the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.

Psalm 74:2

Remember your congregation, which you acquired long ago, which you redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage. Remember Mount Zion, where you came to dwell.

Psalm 76:3

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,

Exodus 3:9

The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

Isaiah 26:21

For the Lord comes out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will disclose the blood shed on it and will no longer cover its slain.

Isaiah 8:18

See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Matthew 23:35

so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Revelation 16:6

because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.