“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.”
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commit
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of thei
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their o
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the b
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what wa
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and th
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.