²¹ Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again.
    Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.

⁵ The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
    and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
    as they have longed for me to do.”

⁶ The Lord gives righteousness
    and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

¹⁸ But the needy will not be ignored forever;
    the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.

‘Give thanks to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    for the Lord is good.
    His faithful love endures forever!’

¹⁷ But the Lord will save the people of Israel
    with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
    they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.

²² For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is full of pain.

¹⁹ Tell them the Lord looked down
    from his heavenly sanctuary.
He looked down to earth from heaven
²⁰     to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to release those condemned to die.
²¹ And so the Lord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion,
    his praises in Jerusalem,

¹⁰ With every bone in my body I will praise him:
    “Lord, who can compare with you?
Who else rescues the helpless from the strong?
    Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”

“He is so good!
    His faithful love for Israel endures forever!”