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Job 35:9
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Job 35:9
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9 “People cry out when they are oppressed.
They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
Job 35:9
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Job 35:9
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Exodus 2:23
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Exodus 2:23
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23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
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Exodus 2:23
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Exodus 2:23
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23 During that long period,(A) the king of Egypt died.(B) The Israelites groaned in their slavery(C) and cried out, and their cry(D) for help because of their slavery went up to God.
Job 34:28
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Job 34:28
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28 They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
Job 34:28
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Job 34:28
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28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.(A)
Luke 18:3-7
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Luke 18:3-7
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3 A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ 4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, 5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. 7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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Luke 18:3-7
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Luke 18:3-7
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3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice(A) against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”(B)
6 And the Lord(C) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(D) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”
1 O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.
2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.
Footnotes
- 56:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56[a]
For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
- Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 55:2-3
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Psalm 55:2-3
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2 Please listen and answer me,
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
3 My enemies shout at me,
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
Psalm 43:2
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Psalm 43:2
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2 For you are God, my only safe haven.
Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?
Psalm 43:2
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Psalm 43:2
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Psalm 12:5
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Psalm 12:5
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5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
Psalm 12:5
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Psalm 12:5
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Psalm 10:15
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Psalm 10:15
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15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
Psalm 10:15
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Psalm 10:15
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15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(A)
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
Job 40:9
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Job 40:9
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9 Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Job 40:9
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Job 40:9
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Job 24:12
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Job 24:12
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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
Job 24:12
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Job 24:12
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Job 12:19
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Job 12:19
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19 He leads priests away, stripped of status;
he overthrows those with long years in power.
Job 12:19
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Job 12:19
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Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed
5 About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews. 2 They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”
3 Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”
4 And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes. 5 We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
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Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Nehemiah Helps the Poor
5 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”
3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields,(A) our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”(B)
4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax(C) on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood(D) as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.(E) Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”(F)
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