For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard, and delivered him out of all his troubles.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

But I am poor and needy; yet Jehovah will have regard for me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

You save the lowly people; but Your eyes are upon the haughty, whom You bring down.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and consecrated place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one will I have regard: To the lowly and contrite of spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.

He puts down the mighty from their thrones, and exalts the lowly.

He fills the hungry with good things, and the rich He sends away empty.

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

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Through the pride of his countenance the wicked do not seek after God; God is not in all his schemes.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouths they speak proudly.

Arise, O Jehovah, forestall him; bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will annihilate; the one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, I will not endure.

These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are an abomination to his soul:

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its excrement.

The expression of their faces witnesses against them; they have declared their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have recompensed evil upon themselves.

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his haughty looks.

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