But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches of the mighty.
Psalm 12:5 - Tree of Life Version They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the oppression of the poor, For the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in the salvation for which he pants. American Standard Version (1901) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for. Common English Bible But the LORD says, “Because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy, I’m now standing up. I will provide the help they are gasping for.” Catholic Public Domain Version lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved: |
But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches of the mighty.
You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and not fear when violence comes.
Arise, Adonai! O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted.
You vindicate the orphan and oppressed, so that man, who is earthly, may terrify no more.
His ways are secure at all times. He haughtily disregards Your judgments. He snorts at all his adversaries.
Let the lying lips be mute. For they speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
They who looked to Him were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.
But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.
Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter. Power is in the hand of their oppressors, but they had no comforter.
Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.
It will be as a sign and a witness to Adonai-Tzva’ot in the land of Egypt. For they will cry to Adonai because of oppressors, and He will send them a savior and defender—and he will deliver them.
“Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.
“As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery from his brother and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
They will turn back—only not upwards. They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence with their tongues. This will be for their ridicule in the land of Egypt.
Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Then they removed the foreign gods from among them, and worshipped Adonai. So His soul could not bear the misery of Israel.