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

¹⁸ For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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.

¹⁴ So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹² When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

²⁰ And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

⁵³ Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

³¹ For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

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

¹⁷ When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

¹² For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

¹³ He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

¹⁴ He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

⁴ May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

⁵ For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.