Psalm 9:12 {13}
Good News Translation
God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

New Revised Standard Version
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Contemporary English Version
You did not forget to punish the guilty or listen to the cries of those in need.

New American Bible
For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

When

Genesis 9:5 For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.

2 Kings 24:4 And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood: and therefore the Lord would not be appeased.

Isaiah 26:21 For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.

Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

Luke 11:50,51 That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, . . .

Revelation 6:9,10 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. . . .

Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets: and thou hast given them blood to drink. For they are worthy.

he forgetteth

Psalm 10:14,17 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. . . .

Psalm 22:24 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

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

Psalm 102:17 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

Exodus 3:7,9 And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works; . . .

Luke 18:7,8 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard? . . .

humble.

Judges 10:16 And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.

Context
I Will Give Thanks to the LORD
11Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: 12For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.13Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.…
Cross References
Genesis 9:5
For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.

Genesis 42:22
And Ruben, one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy; and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

2 Samuel 4:11
How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?

Psalm 9:18
For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Psalm 10:12
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

Psalm 72:14
He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

Psalm 136:23
For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 9:11
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