He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa
A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are t
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”