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“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
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You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.
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who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
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The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
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This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
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My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
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The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
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But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
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both low and high, rich and poor alike:
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Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
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The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!
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But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; Lord, do not delay.
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Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
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Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
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Psalm 86
A prayer of David.
Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
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I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.
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I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
