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Proverbs 22:23
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Proverbs 22:23
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23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(A)
Proverbs 22:23
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Proverbs 22:23
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Psalm 140:12
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Psalm 140:12
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12 I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy
and executes justice for the poor.(A)
Psalm 140:12
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Psalm 140:12
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Psalm 12:5
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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 12:5
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Psalm 12:5
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Jeremiah 51:36
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Jeremiah 51:36
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36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
I am going to defend your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,(A)
Jeremiah 51:36
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Jeremiah 51:36
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36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
Proverbs 23:11
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Proverbs 23:11
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- 23.11 Or redeemer
Proverbs 23:11
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Proverbs 23:11
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1 Samuel 25:39
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1 Samuel 25:39
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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the case of Nabal’s insult to me and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail to make her his wife.(A)
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1 Samuel 25:39
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1 Samuel 25:39
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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
Psalm 35:10
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Psalm 35:10
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10 All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you?
You deliver the weak
from those too strong for them,
the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”(A)
Psalm 35:10
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Psalm 35:10
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Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Micah 7:9
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Micah 7:9
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9 I must bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall see his vindication.(A)
Micah 7:9
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Micah 7:9
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Jeremiah 50:34
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Jeremiah 50:34
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34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.(A)
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Jeremiah 50:34
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Jeremiah 50:34
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Psalm 43:1
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Psalm 43:1
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Psalm 43
Prayer to God in Time of Trouble
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful and unjust,
deliver me!(A)
Psalm 43:1
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Psalm 43:1
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Psalm 43[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
Habakkuk 2:8
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Habakkuk 2:8
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8 Because you have plundered many nations,
all who survive of the peoples shall plunder you—
because of human bloodshed and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who live in them.(A)
Habakkuk 2:8
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Habakkuk 2:8
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Isaiah 33:1
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Isaiah 33:1
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A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes
33 Woe to the destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed;
you treacherous one,
with whom no one has dealt treacherously!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,
you will be dealt with treacherously.(A)
Isaiah 33:1
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Isaiah 33:1
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Distress and Help
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