²¹ O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

¹¹ And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.

¹⁸ For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

⁵ Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

¹⁰ All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

¹⁹ For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

²⁰ Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

²¹ So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

⁶ The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

²² For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

¹⁷ But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.

¹¹ Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.