Psalm 9:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Psalm 9:12 Cross References

Exodus 3:7

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Psalm 34:6

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

Revelation 16:6

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Psalm 22:24

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

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.

Psalm 102:17

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

Psalm 10:17

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Psalm 10:14

Thon hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.

Exodus 3:9

And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

Matthew 23:35

that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.

Psalm 68:17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

Psalm 74:2

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psalm 76:3

There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

Psalm 132:13

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.