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Psalm 12:5

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5“Because of the adevastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,

Now bI will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will cset him in the 1safety for which he 2longs.”

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Psalm 12:5: “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Footnotes

  1. 1Or salvation, cf. 12:1
  2. 2Lit breathes

Cross references

  1. aPs 9:9; 10:18
  2. bIs 33:10
  3. cPs 34:6; 35:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,

I will now arise,” says the Lord;

“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,

I will now arise,” says the Lord.

“I will protect them from those who malign them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Because of the devastation of the needy

and the groaning of the poor,

I will now rise up,” says the Lord.

“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,

and I have heard the groans of the poor.

Now I will rise up to rescue them,

as they have longed for me to do.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted,

because of the groaning of the poor,

now I will rise up,” Yahweh says.

“I shall put them in the safety for which they long.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.