“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.”

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For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

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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.

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14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.

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

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21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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21 Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed!
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.

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Psalm 86

A prayer of David.

Hear me, Lord, and answer(A) me,
    for I am poor and needy.

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86 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

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Prayer for Mercy, with Meditation on the Excellencies of the Lord

A Prayer of David.

86 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.

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

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16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

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16 Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the (A)broken in heart.

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

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12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.

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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.

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17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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17 “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none,
Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the Lord, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not (A)forsake them.

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