"Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble."
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
<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.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
> Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.