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17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
    but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God.(A)

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But I am poor and needy;
    hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
    O Lord, do not delay!(A)

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17 When the poor and needy seek water,
    and there is none,
    and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them,
    I the God of Israel will not forsake them.(A)

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This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
    and was saved from every trouble.

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Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.(A)

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So we can say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper;
    I will not be afraid.
What can anyone do to me?”

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You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
    they would be more than can be counted.(A)

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The Lord God helps me;
    therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
    and I know that I shall not be put to shame;(A)
    he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
    Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
    Let them confront me.(B)
It is the Lord God who helps me;
    who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
    the moth will eat them up.(C)

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But surely, God is my helper;
    the Lord is the upholder of[a] my life.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 54.4 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is of those who uphold or is with those who uphold

20 The one who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!(A)

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Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)

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Answer me quickly, O Lord;
    my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
    or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
    for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.(B)

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Psalm 86

Supplication for Help against Enemies

A Prayer of David.

Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
    for I am poor and needy.(A)

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23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(A)

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For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.9 Gk the grace or gift

22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is pierced within me.(A)

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33 For the Lord hears the needy
    and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)

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20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

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