Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. {to the...: or, evermore}

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

{When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

The Spirit of the Lord {is} upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

For the day of vengeance {is} in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {reprove: or, argue}

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid {them} out of the hand of the wicked.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. {those...: Heb. the judges of}

And every one {that was} in distress, and every one that {was} in debt, and every one {that was} discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. {was in debt: Heb. had a creditor} {discontented: Heb. bitter of soul}

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}

Be not far from me; for trouble {is} near; for {there is} none to help. {none...: Heb. not a helper}

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.

{When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of death}

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:

[A Prayer of David.] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I {am} poor and needy. {A Prayer...: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David}

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

For that {is} his covering only, it {is} his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I {am} gracious.

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall {not} perish for ever.

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver {him that is} spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench {it}, because of the evil of your doings. {Execute: Heb. Judge}

This {is} the law {of him} in whom {is} the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get {that which pertaineth} to his cleansing.

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it {was} the word of the LORD. {so...: or, the poor of the flock, etc. certainly knew}

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.