Quotes About Oppression

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widowís ox in pledge.

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.

to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemyís oppression?”

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemyís oppression?

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.