Psalms 34:6

34:6 This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard;

he saved him¹ from all his troubles.

Psalms 35:9-11

35:9 Then I will rejoice in the Lord

and be happy because of his deliverance.²

35:10 With all my strength I will say,³

“O Lord, who can compare to you?

You rescue⁴ the oppressed from those who try to overpower them;⁵

the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”⁶

35:11 Violent men perjure themselves,⁷

and falsely accuse me.⁸

Psalms 69:33

69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;

he does not despise his captive people.⁹

Psalms 72:4

72:4 He will defend¹⁰ the oppressed among the people;

he will deliver¹¹ the children¹² of the poor

and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 109:30-31

109:30 I will thank the Lord profusely,¹³

in the middle of a crowd¹⁴ I will praise him,

109:31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy,

to deliver him from those who threaten¹⁵ his life.

Isaiah 25:4

25:4 For you are a protector for the poor,

a protector for the needy in their distress,

a shelter from the rainstorm,

a shade from the heat.

Though the breath of tyrants¹⁶ is like a winter rainstorm,¹⁷

James 2:5-6

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!¹⁸ Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor!¹⁹ Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

¹tn The pronoun refers back to “this oppressed man,” namely, the psalmist.

²tn Heb “then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and be happy in his deliverance.”

³tn Heb “all my bones will say.”

⁴tn Heb “[the one who] rescues.” The substantival participle in the Hebrew text characterizes God as one who typically rescues the oppressed.

⁵tn Heb “from [the one who is] too strong for him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense. The typical oppressed individual and typical oppressor are in view.

⁶tn Heb “the oppressed [one] and needy [one] from [the one who] robs him.” As in the previous line, the singular forms are used in a representative sense.

⁷tn Heb “witnesses of violence rise up.”

⁸tn Heb “[that] which I do not know they ask me.”

⁹tn Heb “his prisoners he does not despise.”

¹⁰tn Heb “judge [for].”

¹¹tn The prefixed verbal form appears to be an imperfect, not a jussive.

¹²tn Heb “sons.”

¹³tn Heb “I will thank the Lord very much with my mouth.”

¹⁴tn Heb “many.”

¹⁵tn Heb “judge.”

¹⁶tn Or perhaps, “the violent”; NIV, NRSV “the ruthless.”

¹⁷tc The Hebrew text has, “like a rainstorm of a wall,” which might be interpreted to mean, “like a rainstorm battering against a wall.” The translation assumes an emendation of קִיר (qir, “wall”) to קֹר (qor, “cold, winter”; cf. Gen 8:22). See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:457, n. 6, for discussion.

¹⁸tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

¹⁹tn This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.