³⁵ `And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

⁷ `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

⁸ for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

²⁶ All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.

¹ To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

⁵ Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

⁹ He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

³¹ An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

³⁵ `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

²⁹ and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

¹⁷ and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

⁵ Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

⁶ and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

² of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

¹⁰ only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

¹² because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

¹³ through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and `for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

¹⁴ and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

¹⁵ thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!

¹ For, indeed, concerning the ministration that `is' for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

⁹ for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

²⁰ I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

³⁴ as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I `am' Jehovah your God.

²⁵ `When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother;

¹⁸ He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

¹⁹ `And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

¹⁵ in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

²⁰ Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.

²¹ Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

⁵ Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

¹⁷ Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

³⁵ for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

⁷ for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

⁸ for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

¹³ to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

¹⁸ If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

⁹ `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.