Bible Verses About Oppression: Prayers against

from the wicked, who are assailing me, from my deadly enemies, who are all around me.

Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?

('Ayin) I have done what is just and right; don't abandon me to my oppressors.

Redeem me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.

I make little chattering sounds like a swallow, I moan aloud like a dove, My eyes are weary with looking upward. Adonai, I am overwhelmed; guarantee my life!'