You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.
This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.
All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.
The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.
But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.
The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.
But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.
For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.
He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
<A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.
And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
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