Psalms 12:5

Render: Because of the spoiling of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy. Cp. Exodus 2:24.

Now will I arise&c. Cp. Isaiah 33:10. The moment for action has at length come.

I will set him&c. An obscure clause. Either (1) as R.V., I will set him in safety at whom they puff. Cp. Psalms 10:5. The despised victim will be put beyond the reach of his tormentors. Or (2) as R.V. marg., I will set him in the safety he panteth for. Or perhaps (3) I will set him in safety when they pant for him; i.e. pursue him like wild beasts with gaping jaws ready to devour him. Cp. Psalms 56:1-2; Amos 8:4.