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!
But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
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.
So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
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.”
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
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