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God Hears the Cries of the Oppressed and Responds

 

 

God Hears The Cries Of The Oppressed And Responds

 

Exodus 22:23

If you [mistreat an alien or oppress him or take advantage of a widow or an orphan] and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. 

 

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. 

 

Psalm 10:14

But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand.  The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. 

 

Psalm 10:17-18

You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. 

 

Psalm 34:6

This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. 

 

James 5:4,11b

Look!  The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you.  The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.  The LORD is full of compassion and mercy. 

 

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