19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(A) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(B) people forever.

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19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E) But you have dishonored the poor.(F) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(G)

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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)

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16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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12 But I will leave within you
    the meek(A) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
    will trust(B) in the name of the Lord.

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12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

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“Who are these(A) that fly along like clouds,(B)
    like doves to their nests?

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Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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May he judge your people in righteousness,(A)
    your afflicted ones with justice.

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He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

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13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[a](A)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

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10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(A) God, you provided(B) for the poor.

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10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope(A) of the afflicted(B) will never perish.

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18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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