🎵WEB · Psalms 9:12
What does Psalms 9:12 mean?
"For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted."
— Psalms 9:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
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