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Psalm 12:5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 12 · verse 5
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.Psalm 12:5 · King James Version
Psalm 12:5 in context
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5For 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.
6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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Key words (Strong's)
- oppressionshôdviolence, ravageH7701 →
- sighingʼănâqâhshriekingH603 →
- safetyyeshaʻliberty, deliverance, prosperityH3468 →
- needyʼebyôwndestituteH34 →
- ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
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This psalm furnishes us with good thoughts for bad times, in which, though the prudent will keep silent (Amo 5:13) because a man may then be made an offender for a word, yet we may comfort ourselves with such suitable meditations and prayers as are here got ready to our hand. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8