Because he hath oppressed
ratsats (raw-tsats')
to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively -- break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
and hath forsaken
`azab (aw-zab')
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely.
the poor
dal (dal)
dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin -- lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
because he hath violently taken away
gazal (gaw-zal')
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
an house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
which he builded
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
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