Quotes about Oppression
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
— Psalm 35:20
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
— Psalm 37:14
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
— Psalm 42:9
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
— Psalm 43:2
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
— Psalm 44:12
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
— Psalm 55:11
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
— Psalm 69:4
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
— Psalm 69:12
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
— Psalm 71:4
He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
— Psalm 72:13
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
— Psalm 72:14
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
— Psalm 73:8