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 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)
Exodus 15:11
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11 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
awesome in splendor, doing wonders?(A)
Psalm 109:31
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31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save them from those who would condemn them to death.(A)
Psalm 86:8
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8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.(A)
Psalm 71:19
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19 and your righteousness, O God,
reach the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?(A)
Psalm 51:8
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8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.(A)
Psalm 18:17
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17 He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.(A)
Psalm 38:3
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3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.(A)
Psalm 34:20
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20 He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.(A)
Psalm 32:3
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3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.(A)
Psalm 22:14
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14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast;(A)
Psalm 10:14
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14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.(A)
Isaiah 40:25
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25 To whom, then, will you compare me,
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.(A)
Isaiah 40:18
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18 To whom, then, will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?(A)
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)
Psalm 102:3
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3 For my days pass away like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.(A)
Psalm 89:6-8
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6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,(A)
7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(B)
8 O Lord God of hosts,
who is as mighty as you, O Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.(C)
Footnotes
- 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome
Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)
Psalm 37:14
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14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;(A)
Psalm 34:6
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6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
Psalm 22:24
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24 For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me[a]
but heard when I[b] cried to him.(A)
Job 33:19-25
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19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
and with continual strife in their bones,(A)
20 so that their lives loathe bread
and their appetites dainty food.(B)
21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.(C)
22 Their souls draw near the Pit
and their lives to those who bring death.(D)
23 Then, if there should be for one of them an angel,
a mediator, one of a thousand,
one who declares a person upright,(E)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says,
‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit;
I have found a ransom;(F)
25 let his flesh become fresh with youth;
let him return to the days of his youthful vigor,’(G)
Job 5:15-16
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(A)
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(B)
Jeremiah 10:7
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7 Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For that is your due;
among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is no one like you.(A)
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