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“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.”

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But the Lord says,
    “Because the poor are oppressed,
    because of the groans of the needy,
    I’m now standing up.
    I will provide the help they are gasping for.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:5 Heb uncertain

“Because of the (A)devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (B)I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will (C)put him in the safety for which he longs.”

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“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”

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