²⁵ Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

¹⁷ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for `your' pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.

⁹ as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

³⁵ Jesus wept.

⁴¹ And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

²⁷ Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

⁷ Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

⁸ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.

⁸ He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; `And' he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

²¹ He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

¹ Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from `their' desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁸ (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

¹⁹ If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

⁴ They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.