¹ Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

¹⁷ But I am poor and needy; `Yet' the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 41 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

² Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world `to be' rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

⁹ But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

¹⁰ and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁸ O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.

² For all these things hath my hand made, and `so' all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.

¹ I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

¹² I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

²² Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

¹⁷ He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

¹ Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

¹² For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

¹³ He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

⁶ This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

⁶ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, `and' hear my speech.

¹⁴ Thou hast seen `it'; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth `himself' unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.