Verse 10

With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
  • Ps 51:8 : 8 Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
  • Ps 18:17 : 17 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
  • Ps 86:8 : 8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
  • Ps 71:19 : 19 Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
  • Job 33:19-25 : 19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, 20 so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. 23 If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 24 and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’ 25 then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.
  • Ps 89:6-8 : 6 For who in the skies can compare to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings, 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? 8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
  • Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
  • Ps 102:17-20 : 17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request. 18 The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD. 19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth, 20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
  • Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
  • Ps 34:20 : 20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
  • Ps 38:3 : 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.