For the poor shall not be forgotten forever; the patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.

This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord shall deliver them.

But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; You are my helper, and my defender, O my God; do not delay.

And You will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.

Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high forever, Holy in the holies is His name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted;

For all these things are Mine, says the Lord; and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] My words?

He has overthrown the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [Him]; God is not before him.

They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat; their mouths have spoken pride.

Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down; deliver my soul from the ungodly; [draw] Your sword,

Him that secretly speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from [me]; he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart- with him I have not eaten.

For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

The eye of the haughty, an unjust tongue, hands shedding innocent blood,

A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has finished doing all things on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, [that] I will visit upon the proud heart, [even] upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."