Psalm 12:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:

Psalm 12:5 Cross References

Job 5:15

But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the poor.

Psalm 10:18

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgements are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before 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 in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: But he that hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Isaiah 19:20

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a defender, and he shall deliver them.

Isaiah 33:10

How will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.