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Psalms 9:12
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For the one who seeks an accountingfor bloodshed remembers them;he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
He remembers who the murderers are; he will not forget the cries of those who suffer.
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people); He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.
For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the needy.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
For He who requires blood remembers them;He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
You did not forget to punish the guilty or listen to the cries of those in need.
Sing praises to Adonai , who lives in Tziyon; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.
For he has remembered to avenge their blood; he forgets not the cry of the poor.
God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.
for he who avenges bloodshed remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of the afflicted.
For He remembers them, the seeker of bloodshed; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
And why? he maketh inquysicion for their bloude, and remembreth them: he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembreth them: he forgetteth not the crie of the humble.
For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
God foryetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the blood of hem.
For he that makes inquisition for blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the poor.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.
For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
For He Who punishes for the blood of another remembers them. He does not forget the cry of those who suffer.
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
(9-13) For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
When: Genesis 9:5, 2 Kings 24:4, Isaiah 26:21, Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:50, Luke 11:51, Revelation 6:9, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 16:6
he forgetteth: Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 102:17, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:9, Luke 18:7, Luke 18:8
humble: or, afflicted, Judges 10:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:9 - Where is Genesis 4:10 - crieth Genesis 18:30 - General Genesis 42:22 - his blood Exodus 21:26 - General Deuteronomy 15:9 - he cry Deuteronomy 21:1 - General Judges 9:56 - God rendered 2 Samuel 4:11 - require 1 Kings 21:17 - General Job 31:14 - What then Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 9:18 - For the Psalms 10:12 - forget Jeremiah 51:35 - The violence James 4:6 - giveth grace James 5:4 - the cries
Cross-References
And God sayd vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenaunt which I haue made betweene me and all fleshe that is vpon earth.
And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse.
And he sayde: cursed be Chanaan, a seruaunt of seruauntes shall he be vnto his brethren.
He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt.
Noah liued after the fludde three hundred and fiftie yeres.
Ye shal circumcise the fleshe of your foreskyn, and it shalbe a token of the couenaunt betwixt me and you.
And the blood shalbe vnto you a token in the houses wherin you are: and whe I see the blood, I wyll passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destroy you when I smyte the lande of Egypt.
This shalbe as a token vppon thyne hande, & as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt through a myghtie hande.
Nowe therfore, I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde, that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and geue me a true token:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When he maketh inquisition for blood,.... The Arabic version renders it, "he remembers him that seeks their blood"; that is, the wicked man, that lies in wait for innocent blood, and whose feet are swift to shed it; the man of sin, who is bloodthirsty; who drinks up the blood of the saints like water, and has been made drunk with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, him will God remember, and take vengeance on, in his own time: but rather this is to be understood of God himself, seeking for the blood of his saints: he knows where it is, though ever so privily shed, as he did Abel's; yet, to show his strict care and accurate notice of it, he is represented as searching for it, and finding it out by secret search, Jeremiah 2:34. And it is the same phrase with "requiring" blood, and expresses a demand of satisfaction for it; and declares the vengeance that God will take on account of it: he requires the blood of every man at the hand of him by whom it is shed, Genesis 9:5; especially the blood of the righteous, Matthew 23:35; particularly the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, shed by the Romish antichrist; he will make inquisition for that, and will find in Babylon the blood of the prophets and saints, and of all that are slain on earth; and will avenge the blood of his servants at her hand, and give her blood to drink, Revelation 18:24;
he remembereth them; either the "righteous", as the Targum paraphrases it, whose blood has been shed; or else the wicked, who shed their blood: God will remember them and their sins; which, for some time, may seem not to have been taken notice of by him, and will pour out his wrath, and inflict just punishment on them; see Revelation 16:19;
he forgetteth not the cry of the humble: the "Cetib", or writing of the text, is עניים, "afflicted"; the "Keri", or marginal reading, is
ענוים, "humble"; so the Masorah and Targum read: both may be taken into the sense: afflicted persons are generally humble, afflictions make them humble; God's people are an afflicted people; afflicted with sin, with Satan, with the world, with antichrist and his followers: and they are an humble people; grace makes them humble, and a sense of their sin and unworthiness keeps them so: and this is a proper character of the followers of Jesus. These in their distress cry to the Lord, as the Israelites did in Egypt under their bondage and, pressures: yea, their blood cries after death, as Abel's did, and as the blood of the martyrs of Christ does, whose souls under the altar cry for vengeance, Revelation 6:9; and God is not unmindful of their cry; however he may seem to be, he takes notice of it, and wilt in his own time avenge his elect, which cry unto him day and night.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When he maketh inquisition for blood - When he “inquires” after blood; that is, when he comes forth with this view, to wit, for purposes of punishment. There is allusion here to such passages as that in Genesis 9:5, “And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man.” The idea is, that when blood was shed in murder, God would seek out the murderer; he would require satisfaction of him who had shed the blood; he would punish the offender. The language, there, becomes equivalent to that of seeking punishment for murder, and then for sin in general; and the representation here is that of God as going forth in the capacity of an executioner of his own laws to inflict punishment on the guilty.
He remembereth them - “He remembereth,” says Prof. Alexander, “the bloods or murders,” since the word blood, as in Psalms 5:6, is in the plural - bloods. The better interpretation, however, is, that the word “them” here refers to the oppressed and the afflicted - for that is the main idea in the passage. See Psalms 9:8-9. When he goes forth in the earth to execute judgment on the wicked; when he cuts them down in his wrath; when he sweeps them away as with a flood - the punishment will not be indiscriminate. He will then mark the oppressed, the afflicted, the persecuted, the troubled, and the sad, and will interpose to save them - delivering them from the storms of wrath. The idea, then, is, that the righteous will not be forgotten; that even in the most fierce and awful of his dispensations he will still regard them, and interpose to save them.
He forgetteth not the cry of the humble - Margin, afflicted. The margin expresses the true idea. The reference is not to the humble in the common sense of that term, but to the afflicted; the oppressed; to those who are in trouble, Psalms 9:9. He will then remember the cry which in their afflictions they have been long sending up to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 9:12. When he maketh inquisition for blood — This not only applies to the Canaanites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Philistines, who shed the blood of God's people unjustly, but to all the nations of the earth who, to enlarge their territory, increase their wealth, or extend their commerce, have made destructive wars. For the blood which such nations have shed, their blood shall be shed. If man should make no inquisition for this iniquitously spilt blood, GOD will do it, for he remembers them; and the cry of the humbled, distressed people, driven to distraction and ruin by such wars, is not forgotten before him.
