Poor

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.