Psalms 12:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾăšer ʾāmərû to lišōnēnû naḡbîr śəp̄āṯênû with ʾittānû who ʾāḏôn to us

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*ʾāmərû*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they said
*lišōnēnû*: feminine singular noun with 1st person plural suffix and prefixed preposition - to our tongue
*naḡbîr*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person plural - we will make strong/prevail
*śəp̄āṯênû*: feminine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our lips
*ʾittānû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - with us
*ʾāḏôn*: masculine singular noun - lord/master
*lānû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - to us/over us

Word Meanings

*naḡbîr*: make mighty/prevail with/strengthen
*ʾāḏôn lānû*: lord over us/master to us/who rules us
*lišōnēnû*: with our tongue/by our speech

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Referenced Verses

Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Isa 33:10 : 10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
Exod 2:23-24 : 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exod 3:7-9 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Job 5:15 : 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:21 : 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 146:7-8 : 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Ps 74:21-22 : 21 O let not the oppressed return{H8799)} ashamed{H8737)}: let the poor and needy praise{H8762)} thy name. 22 Arise{H8798)}, O God, plead{H8798)} thine own cause: remember{H8798)} how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Ps 79:10-11 : 10 Wherefore should the heathen say{H8799)}, Where is their God? let him be known{H8735)} among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed{H8803)}. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come{H8799)} before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve{H8685)} thou those that are appointed to die;
Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Ezek 18:12-13 : 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Isa 19:20 : 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

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