Psalm 103 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

Psa. 9:9• ⁹And Jehovah will be a refuge for the oppressed,{HR}A refuge in times of distress. (Psa. 9:9)

Psa. 10:14‑18• ¹⁴Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper.
¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked [man] and the evil [man]:{HR}Thou shall search out his wickedness, [till] thou shalt find nothing.
¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever;{HR}The Gentiles have perished from his land.
¹⁷The desire of the afflicted thou hast heard, O Jehovah;{HR}Thou strengthenest their heart, thou causest thine ear to hearken,
¹⁸To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:14‑18)

Psa. 12:5• ⁵Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place in safety [from] him that puffeth at him. (Psa. 12:5)

Psa. 72:4,12• ⁴He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor.
¹²For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper. (Psa. 72:4,12)

Psa. 109:31• ³¹For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:31)

Psa. 146:7• ⁷Doing judgment for the oppressed,{HR}Giving bread to the hungry.{HR}Jehovah looseth the prisoners; (Psa. 146:7)

Deut. 24:14‑15• ¹⁴{i}Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:{/i}
¹⁵{i}on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.{/i} (Deut. 24:14‑15)

Job 27:13‑23• ¹³This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God,{HR}And the heritage of oppressors they receive from the Almighty.
¹⁴If his children multiply, [it is] for the sword,{HR}And his offspring have not enough of bread;
¹⁵His residue are buried in death, and their widows weep not.
¹⁶If he heap up silver as dust, and prepare clothing as clay,
¹⁷He prepareth, but the righteous shall put [it] on,{HR}And the innocent shall divide the silver.
¹⁸He hath built his house as a moth,{HR}And as a booth the watchman needeth.
¹⁹He lieth down, but shall not be gathered;{HR}He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
²⁰Terrors overtake him as waters,{HR}By night a tempest stealeth him away.
²¹An east wind taketh him up, and he is gone,{HR}And it sweepeth him out of his place;
²²And it casteth at him, and spareth not;{HR}From its hand he would gladly flee.
²³It clappeth its hands at him,{HR}And hisseth him out of his place. (Job 27:13‑23)

Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

Prov. 22:22‑23• ²²Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
²³For Jehovah will plead their cause,{HR}And despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)

Prov. 23:10• ¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmark,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless; (Prov. 23:10)

Isa. 14:4‑32,17‑19• ⁴that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
⁵Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
⁶He that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, hath a persecution without restraint.
⁷The whole earth is at rest—is quiet: they break forth into singing.
⁸Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, [saying,] Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
⁹Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming; it stirreth up the giants for thee, all the chief ones of the earth, raising up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
¹⁰All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
¹¹Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the worm is spread under thee, and vermin covereth thee.
¹²How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
¹³And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
¹⁵Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
¹⁶They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, [saying,] [Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
¹⁷[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] let not loose his prisoners to their home?
¹⁸All kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
¹⁹But thou art cast out from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain—those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under foot.
²⁰Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
²¹Prepare ye slaughter for his children because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
²²And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, saith Jehovah.
²³I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
²⁴Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, it shall stand:
²⁵to break the Assyrian in my land; and on my mountains I will trample him; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden from off their shoulders:
²⁶this the purpose [that is] purposed concerning the whole earth, and this the hand [that is] stretched out over all the nations.
²⁷For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
²⁸In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
²⁹Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent.
³⁰And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
³¹Howl, O gate! cry, O city! dissolved, O Philistia, [is] the whole of thee; for out of the north cometh smoke, and none straggleth in his gatherings.
³²And what shall [one] answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in it the afflicted of his people find refuge.
¹⁷[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] let not loose his prisoners to their home?
¹⁸All kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
¹⁹But thou art cast out from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain—those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under foot. (Isa. 14:4‑32,17‑19)

Isa. 58:6‑7• ⁶[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (Isa. 58:6‑7)

Jer. 7:6‑15• ⁶if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
⁷then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
⁸Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
⁹Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
¹⁰and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
¹¹Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
¹²But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
¹³And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
¹⁴therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
¹⁵And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. (Jer. 7:6‑15)

Ezek. 22:7,12‑14• ⁷{i}In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.{/i}
¹²{i}In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i}
¹³Therefore, behold, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
¹⁴Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken it, and will do it. (Ezek. 22:7,12‑14)

Mic. 2:1‑3• ¹Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
³{i}Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.{/i} (Mic. 2:1‑3)

Mic. 3:2‑4• ²{i}Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;{/i}
³{i}and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.{/i}
⁴{i}Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings{/i}. (Mic. 3:2‑4)

James 2:6• ⁶But ye dishonoured the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and they drag you before tribunals? (James 2:6)

James 5:1‑6• ¹Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on.
²Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten.
³Your gold and [your] silver are rusted through, and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye laid up treasure in [the] last days.
⁴Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts.
⁵Ye lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
⁶Ye condemned, ye slew the just one; he doth not resist you. (James 5:1‑6)

Psalm 103

Psa. 103:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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