[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content:\u002Fsee-the-abuse":3},{"kind":4,"post":5},"post",{"slug":6,"title":7,"published_at":8,"description":9,"content":10},"see-the-abuse","See the Abuse","2019-11-26","The Bible's description of oppression fits the experience of domestic abuse, and shows God's heart for the oppressed.","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Oppression in the Bible\u003C\u002Fstrong>:\u003Cbr>\nThe Bible’s description of oppression fits the experience of domestic abuse:\u003Cbr>\n• Psalm 10:7 “His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.”\u003Cbr>\n• Psalm 55: o I am restless in my complaint and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. (vv. 2-3)\u003Cbr>\no My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. (v. 20)\u003Cbr>\no For it is not an enemy who taunts me – then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me – then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. (vv. 12-13)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God’s heart for the oppressed:\u003Cbr>\nPsalm 9:9 “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.”\u003Cbr>\nPsalm 56: “Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me… You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1792608839603]