²¹ Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

¹¹ They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"

¹⁹ For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

²⁰ To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;

²¹ That men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

⁶ Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.

²² For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

¹⁷ [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.

¹¹ the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.