A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.

[A Psalm] of instruction for David, when he was in the cave- A Prayer. I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

Incline Your ear to me; make haste to rescue me; be to me my protecting God, and a fortress of defense to save me.

Incline Your ear, O Lord, hearken, O Lord; open Your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord; and behold the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and behold our desolation, and that of the city which is called by Your name; for we do not bring our pitiful case before You on [the grounds of] our righteousness, but [because of] Your manifold compassions, O Lord.

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

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

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.

For He has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

He shall redeem their souls from oppression and injustice, and their name [shall be] precious before Him.

He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out Your testimonies.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.

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?

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,

but the rich [man] in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

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?