i1 [A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Jehovah.] i0 par Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come unto You.

i1 [Maschil of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave.] i0 par I cry out unto Jehovah with my voice; with my voice unto Jehovah I make my supplication.

Extend Your ear to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a house of defense to deliver me.

Extend Your ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open Your eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the Living God.

O my God, bow down Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name. For we do not make our supplications before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercies.

But You have seen it, for You pay attention to trouble and provocation; to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

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

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.

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

He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and their blood shall be precious in His sight.

He shall turn toward the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer.

Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your Testimonies.

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

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.

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 deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free with deliverance those who are oppressed;

Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,

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

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?