Psalms 12:5

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

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  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.
  • Isa 33:10 : 10 And therfore saieth ye LORDE: I wil vp, now wil I get vp, now wil I aryse.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 And she bare him yet a sonne, whom he called Elieser, and sayde: The God of my father is my helper, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hade.But after this in processe of tyme, the kynge of Egipte dyed. And the childre of Israel sighed ouer their laboure, and cried. 24 And their crye ouer their labor, came before God. And God herde their coplaynte, & remebred his couenaunt with Abraham Isaac and Iacob.
  • Exod 3:7-9 : 7 And the LORDE sayde: I haue sene the trouble of my people in Egipte & haue herde their crye ouer those that oppresse them. I knowe their sorowe, 8 and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians, and to carye them out of that lode, in to a good and wyde londe, euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony: namely, vnto the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuytes & Iebusites. 9 For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me, & I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them:
  • Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put the straunge goddes fro them, and serued the LORDE, And his soule had pytie on the mysery of Israel.
  • Job 5:15 : 15 And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hode of the cruell:
  • Job 5:21 : 21 He shall kepe the from the perlous tonge so that when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare.
  • Ps 10:12 : 12 Aryse o LORDE God, lift vp thine honde, and forget not the poore.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poore man cried vnto the LORDE, and he herde him, yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 The LORDE lowseth men out of preson, the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde. 8 The LORDE helpeth the vp that are fallen, the LORDE loueth the righteous.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Beholde, the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth.
  • Ps 74:21-22 : 21 Loke vpon the couenaunt, for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse. 22 O let not the symple go awaye ashamed, for the poore & nedy geue prayses vnto thy name.
  • Ps 79:10-11 : 10 Wherfore shall ye Heithe saye: where is now their God? 11 O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed, be openly shewed vpon the Heithe in oure sight.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His wayes are allwaye filthie, thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight, he defyeth all his enemies.
  • Ezek 18:12-13 : 12 he greueth the poore and nedy: he robbeth and spoyleth: he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne: he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols, & medleth with abhominable thinges: 13 he lendeth vpon vsury, and taketh more ouer. Shal this man lyue? He shal not lyne. Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions, he shall dye: his bloude shalbe vpon him.
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father: because he oppressed and spoyled his brother, and dyd wyckedly amonge his people: lo, he is deed in his owne synne.
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 O thou enemie of myne, reioyce not at my fall, for I shal get vp agayne: and though I syt in darcknesse, yet ye LORDE is my light. 9 I will beare the punishment of the LORDE (for why, I haue offended him) till he syt in iudgment vpon my cause, and se that I haue right. He wil bringe me forth to the light, and I shal se his rightuosnesse.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment: 23 for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.
  • Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done vnder the Sonne: and beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, and there was no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.
  • Isa 19:20 : 20 This shalbe a token or testimony vnto the LORDE of hoostes in the londe of Egipte, when they shal crie vnto him, because of those that oppresse them: that he shal sende them a captayne and a Sauioure to delyuer them.

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  • 12 Sure I am, that the LORDE wil auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of the helplesse.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15 And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hode of the cruell:

    16 that the poore maye haue hope, & that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12 For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe.

    13 He shall be fauorable to the symple & poore, he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite.

  • 10 And therfore saieth ye LORDE: I wil vp, now wil I get vp, now wil I aryse.

  • 10 All my bones shal saie: LORDE, who is like vnto the? which delyuerest ye poore from those that are to stronge for him, yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers.

  • 7 Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust, and lifteth the poore out of the myre.

  • 12 For I delyuered ye poore whe he cried, & the fatherlesse yt wanted helpe.

  • 15 The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.

  • 1 Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble.

  • 9 there is a greate crie & coplaynte made by the that are oppressed with violence, yee eueryman complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes.

  • 13 Synge vnto the LORDE, and prayse him, for he hath delyuered the soule off the oppressed, from the honde off the violent.

  • 4 He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer.

  • Prov 31:8-9
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    8 Be thou an aduocate & stonde in iudgment thyself, to speake for all soch as be dome & sucourles.

    9 With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3 Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right.

    4 Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly.

  • 4 that thrust the poore out of the waye, & oppresse the symple of the worlde together.

  • 28 In so moch that they haue caused ye voyce of the poore to come vnto him, & now he heareth the coplaynte of soch as are in necessite.

  • 11 which setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuynesse:

  • 2 wherthorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocetes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse.

  • 17 When the thurstie and poore seke water & fynde none, & when their tunge is drie of thurst: I geue it them, saieth the LORDE. I the God of Israel forsake them not.

  • 6 Therfore shal they be brought in greate feare, for God stondeth by the generacion of the rightuous.

  • 12 Aryse o LORDE God, lift vp thine honde, and forget not the poore.

  • 4 Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge:

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    9 The LORDE is a defence for the poore, a defence in the tyme of trouble.

  • 30 But the poore shall fede of the best thinges, and the symple shal dwell in safetie. Thy rotes wil I destroye wt honger, and it shall slaye yi remnaunt.

  • Ps 9:18-19
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    18 But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce, the paciet abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer.

    19 Vp LORDE, let not man haue the vpper hade, let the Heithe be codemned before the.

  • 19 The oppressed shal holde a mery feast in the LORDE, and the poore people shal reioyse in the holy one of Israel.

  • 4 Which saye: Oure toge shulde preuayle: we are they that ought to speake, who is lorde ouer vs?

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    6 Sela. Stode vp (o LORDE) in yi wrath, lift vp thyself ouer the furious indignacio of myne enemies: aryse vp (for me) in the vengeaunce that thou hast promysed.

  • 24 Therfore speaketh the LORDE God of hostes the mighty one of Israel: Ah I must ease me of myne enemies, and a venge me vpo the.

  • 16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • 16 Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked? who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers?

  • 23 for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.

  • 14 The vngodly drawe out the swerde & bende their bowe, to cast downe ye symple & poore, and to slaye soch as go ye right waye.

  • 13 Vp LORDE, dispoynte him & cast him downe: delyuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly.

  • 6 This poore man cried vnto the LORDE, and he herde him, yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles.

  • 31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

  • 2 Whyle ye vngodly hath the ouer hande, the poore must suffre persecucion: O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute.

  • 18 Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth.

  • 13 Who so stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, he shal crie himself and not be herde.

  • 31 For he stondeth at the right hande of the poore, to saue him from soch as condempne his soule.

  • 6 vnder the fete of the symple, & with the steppes of the poore.

  • 5 As for me, I am poore & in misery, haist the God for to helpe me. Thou art my helpe, my redemer & my God: oh make no longe tarienge.

  • 21 Loke vpon the couenaunt, for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse.

  • 1 Bowe downe thine eare (o LORDE) and heare me, for I am cofortles and poore.

  • 3 My herte is heuy within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.