Psalm 12:5

God's Word

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Cross References

Psalm 34:6

Here is a poor man who called out. The Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor insults his maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors him.

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

Isaiah 33:10

The Lord says, “Now I will arise. Now I will get up. Now I will be lifted up.”

Job 5:15

“But he saves ⌞other people⌟ from their slander and the needy from the power of the mighty.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Lord! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people!

Job 5:21

“When the tongue lashes out, you will be safe, and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Isaiah 19:20

These objects will be a sign and a witness that the Lord of Armies is in Egypt. When the people cry to the Lord because of those who oppress them, he will send a savior and defender to rescue them.

Ezekiel 18:18

But his father has oppressed others, robbed his relative, and done what is wrong among his people. So the father will die because of his sin.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don’t be surprised if you see poor people being oppressed, denied justice, or denied their rights in any district. One authority is watching over another, and they both have authorities watching over them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have ⌞all⌟ the power. No one can comfort those who suffer.

Psalm 10:18

in order to provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no mere mortal will terrify them again.

Psalm 10:5

He always seems to succeed. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He spits at all his opponents.

Judges 10:16

Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the Lord. So the Lord could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer.

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh asked, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I won’t let Israel go.”

Psalm 31:19

Your kindness is so great! You reserve it for those who fear you. Adam’s descendants watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.

Psalm 73:8

They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.

Hosea 7:16

They don’t return to the Most High. They are like a defective bow. Their officials will die in battle because they curse. The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this.