12:5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, 1
because of the painful cries 2 of the needy,
I will spring into action,” 3 says the Lord.
“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.” 4
12:6 The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. 5
They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground,
where it is thoroughly refined. 6