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psalms 12:5 "Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
5. The writer intimates his confidence by depicting God's actions
(compare
Ps 9:19; 10:12)
as coming to save the poor at whom the wicked sneer
(Ps 10:5).