And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Psalm 9:12 - King James 2000 When he avenges blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble. 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. Catholic Public Domain Version Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: |
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; the tribe of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
There broke he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed, and shall no more cover her slain.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are deserving of it.
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.