¹⁸ For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

¹⁸ For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

⁵ Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.

¹⁴ So `is' the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

¹² For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

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?

²⁰ And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

⁵³ The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

³¹ For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

²⁰ To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

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

¹² For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

¹³ He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

¹⁴ From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

⁴ He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

⁵ For Thou `art' my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.