Job 35:9
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9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.(A)
Exodus 2:23
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A)
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Job 34:28
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28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—(A)
Luke 18:3-7
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3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ”[a] 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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- 18.5 Or so that she may not finally come and slap me in the face
Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56
Trust in God under Persecution
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(A)
Psalm 55:2-3
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2 Attend to me and answer me;
I am troubled in my complaint.
I am distraught(A) 3 by the noise of the enemy,
because of the clamor of the wicked.
For they bring[a] trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.(B)
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- 55.3 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they cause to totter
Psalm 43:2
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2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?(A)
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
Psalm 10:15
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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.(A)
Job 40:9
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9 Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?(A)
Job 24:12
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12 From the city the dying groan,
and the throat of the wounded cries for help;
yet God pays no attention to their prayer.(A)
Job 12:19
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19 He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
Nehemiah 5:1-5
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Nehemiah Deals with Oppression
5 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin.(A) 2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive.” 3 There were also those who said, “We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.” 4 And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s tax.(B) 5 Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”(C)
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Exodus 3:9
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9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.(A)
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Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,(A)
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