Psalms 55:3

I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.”

Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

Now therefore don’t let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; for only Amnon is dead.”

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.”

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.

Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram.

she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”

He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them.

saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;