Psalms 12:5

Justice Poverty and the vulnerable Protection and safety

³ The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

⁴ Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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.

⁶ The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

⁷ Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.
BLB: “From the oppression of the poor, from the groaning of the needy, now I shall arise,” says YHWH. “I will set in safety [him who] breathes for it.”

ÅB: På grunn av de elendiges undertrykkelse, og den fattiges sukk,
vil jeg nå reise meg, sier Herren;
jeg vil gi redning til dem som lengter etter den.
OTB: "På grunn av de fattiges undertrykkelse, på grunn av de nødstedtes sukk,
nå vil jeg reise meg," sier Herren;
"Jeg vil sette ham i den trygghet han ønsker."
B1930: For de elendiges ødeleggelses skyld, for de fattiges sukks skyld vil jeg nu reise mig, sier Herren; jeg vil gi dem frelse som stunder efter den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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Psalms 146:7–8
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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Isaiah 33:10
Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
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Micah 7:8–9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
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Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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Exodus 2:23–24
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
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