May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppre
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news i
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment ag
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crus
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs,
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her o
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.