King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 12:5
“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.”
Verse in context — Psalms 12
3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
5
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.
6
The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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