Psalms Chapter 9 verse 12 Holy Bible
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
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When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
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For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
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When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
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For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; rather, for he that maketh inquisition for blood (see Genesis 9:5) remembereth them. God, i.e., the Requirer of blood (Kay), remembers, when he makes his inquisition, those who are oppressed (per. 9), and who seek him (ver. 10). He forgetteth not the cry of the humble; or, the afflicted (Kay, Cheyne). He comes to the aid of such persons, and avenges them on their enemies.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) When.--Better, for he maketh inquisition; literally, the seeker of bloods: i.e., "the avenger of blood." The allusion is to the goel, the nearest relative of the murdered man, who must, according to Oriental custom, avenge him. The verbs are better in the past, "remembered," "forgot not."Them--i.e., the sufferers to be mentioned now.Humble.--This follows the Hebrew margin. Better here, the afflicted. In the Hebrew the two readings give two forms from the same root, generally taken to have, one of them, an ethical, the other, a physical sense; but the distinction is not borne out by Biblical use.
