For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
Psalm 9:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the humble. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor. Common English Bible Because the one who avenges bloodshed remembers those who suffer; the LORD hasn’t forgotten their cries for help. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: English Standard Version 2016 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. |
For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.
But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,
May their way become dark and slippery, and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.
Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.
In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.
And the Lord said to him: "I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of the harshness of those who are over the works.
And so, the outcry of the sons of Israel has come to me. And I have seen their affliction, with which they are oppressed by the Egyptians.
For behold, the Lord will go forth from his place, so that he may visit the iniquity of each inhabitant of the earth against him. And the earth will reveal its blood, and it will no longer cover its slain.
Behold: I and my children, whom the Lord has given to me as a sign and a portent, in Israel, from the Lord of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.
so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
For they have shed the blood of the Saints and the Prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. For they deserve this."
And saying these things, they cast out all the idols of the foreign gods from their regions, and they served the Lord God. And he was touched by their miseries.