Jeremiah 20:13
Good News Translation
Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.

New Revised Standard Version
Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

Contemporary English Version
I sing praises to you, LORD. You rescue the oppressed from the wicked.

New American Bible
Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, For he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the evildoers!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked.

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Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 35:9-11 But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation. . . .

Psalm 69:33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

Psalm 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Psalm 109:30,31 I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. . . .

Isaiah 25:4 Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall.

James 2:5,6 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? . . .

Context
Jeremiah's Complaint
12And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them: for to thee I have laid open my cause. 13Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked.14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed.…
Cross References
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 69:33
For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

Jeremiah 15:21
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.

Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles: shout ye, and sing, and say: Save, O Lord, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jeremiah 20:12
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