Psalm 12:5

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

עֹשֶׁק

ʻôsheq

H6233

injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain

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of the

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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for the

אֲנָקָה

ʼănâqâh

H603

shrieking

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of the

אֶבְיוֹן

ʼebyôwn

H34

destitute

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now will I

קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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I will

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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him in

בֶּטַח

beṭach

H983

properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely

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from him that

פּוּחַ

pûwach

H6315

to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff

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at him

Key Terms in This Verse

puffeth H6315

פּוּחַ pûwach

to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff

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sighing H603

אֲנָקָה ʼănâqâh

shrieking

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safety H983

בֶּטַח beṭach

properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely

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oppression H6233

עֹשֶׁק ʻôsheq

injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain

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needy H34

אֶבְיוֹן ʼebyôwn

destitute

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arise H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Psalm 34:6 cross-reference

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Proverbs 14:31 cross-reference

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

James 5:4 cross-reference

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...

Isaiah 33:10 cross-reference

Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

Job 5:15 cross-reference

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21 cross-reference

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Psalm 10:12 cross-reference

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Isaiah 19:20 cross-reference

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one,...

Psalm 10:18 cross-reference

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Ezekiel 18:18 cross-reference

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 cross-reference

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher ...

Ecclesiastes 4:1 cross-reference

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was ...

Psalm 10:5 cross-reference

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Judges 10:16 cross-reference

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

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