⁵ “Because the poor are plundered^(A) and the needy groan,^(B)
    I will now arise,^(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them^(D) from those who malign them.”

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword^(A)
    and bend the bow^(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,^(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

²¹ Do not let the oppressed^(A) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy^(B) praise your name.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(A) and the brokenhearted.^(B)

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(A)
    and upholds the cause^(B) of the needy.^(C)

¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(A)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(B)
But I the Lord will answer^(C) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(D) them.