5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Psalms 12:5
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1 Clement 15:5–6
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Job 34:27–29
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Isaiah 30:17–19
17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill. 18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for t…
Psalms 109:30–31
30 With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many. 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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