And Jehovah said: I have given attention to see the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I have acknowledged their pain.

And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and broad land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety for which he pants.

For He shall deliver the needy when he cries, and the lowly who has no helper.

He shall have pity on the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy.

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

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

for at this time I will send all My plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants and upon your people, that you may come to understand that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

And indeed for this purpose I have ordained you, to show My power in you, and to declare My name in all the earth.

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all the gods; for in the very things in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.

Scatter abroad the outburst of your anger; look upon everyone who is proud, and humiliate him.

Look upon everyone who is proud, and humble him; tread down the wicked in their place.

Though Jehovah is on high, yet He gives attention to the lowly; but the proud He recognizes from afar.

A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

The lofty eyes of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down; but Jehovah, He alone, shall be exalted in that day.

And people are prostrated, and great men are brought low and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.

Whom have you mocked and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.

But I know where you dwell, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against Me.

Because your raging against Me, and your arrogance has come up into My ears, therefore I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way from which you came.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are truth, and His ways are justice. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Likewise you that are younger, be subject to your elders. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,