Psalm 12:6

New American Bible - revised edition

“Because they rob the weak, and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will grant safety to whoever longs for it.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:31

God’s way is unerring; the Lord’s promise is tried and true; he is a shield for all who trust in him.

Job 20:19

Because he has oppressed and neglected the poor, and stolen a house he did not build;

Job 28:1

There is indeed a mine for silver, and a place for refining gold.

Psalm 119:140

Your servant loves your promise; it has been proved by fire.

Psalm 18:30

With you I can rush an armed band, with my God to help I can leap a wall.

Psalm 19:8

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.

Psalm 66:10

You tested us, O God, tried us as silver tried by fire.

Psalm 76:10

When you arose, O God, for judgment to save the afflicted of the land. Selah

Psalm 9:13

For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Exodus 3:7

But the Lord said: I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry against their taskmasters, so I know well what they are suffering.

Exodus 3:8

Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them up from that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.

Exodus 6:1

The Lord answered Moses: Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. For by a strong hand, he will let them go; by a strong hand, he will drive them from his land. Confirmation of the Promise to the Ancestors.

Proverbs 22:23

For the Lord will defend their cause, and will plunder those who plunder them.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 14:22

I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and offspring, says the Lord.

Isaiah 33:10

Now I will rise up, says the Lord, now exalt myself, now lift myself up.