Oppression

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, — read the full passage →

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety <FI>him who<Fi> doth breathe for it.

Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another. — read the full passage →

Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness. — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who <FI>are<Fi> in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.'

Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; — read the full passage →

Is a throne of mischief joined <FI>with<Fi> Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things-- — read the full passage →

`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes.

and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;

I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed--without judgment.

`And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them, — read the full passage →

Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts <FI>Is<Fi> the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

For thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones <FI>are<Fi> over them.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, — read the full passage →

lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, — read the full passage →

`And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She <FI>is<Fi> the city to be inspected, Wholly--she is oppression in her midst.

Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

Rob not the poor because he <FI>is<Fi> poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. — read the full passage →

As a crane--a swallow--so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression <FI>is<Fi> on me, be my surety.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. — read the full passage →

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city! — read the full passage →

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals. — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness. — read the full passage →

Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

By David. Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

`Lo, here <FI>am<Fi> I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? --and I restore to you.'

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name.

To the Overseer. --`On the Dumb Dove far off.' --A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who <FI>are<Fi> with Saul and with Jonathan--and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son. — read the full passage →

and when the living creatures do give glory, and honour, and thanks, to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages,

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow. — read the full passage →

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him. — read the full passage →