How blessedis he who considersthe helpless;The LORDwill deliverhim in a dayof trouble.
He has givenfreelyto the poor,His righteousnessenduresforever;His hornwill be exaltedin honor.
Manyare the afflictionsof the righteous,But the LORDdelivershim out of them all.
They will not be ashamedin the timeof evil,And in the daysof faminethey will haveabundance.
Alldaylong he is graciousand lends,And his descendantsare a blessing.
He who despiseshis neighborsins,But happyis he who is graciousto the poor.
The furyof a kingis [like] messengersof death,But a wisemanwill appeaseit.
One who is graciousto a poormanlendsto the LORD,And He will repayhim for his gooddeed.
Rememberalso your Creatorin the daysof your youth,beforethe evildayscomeand the yearsdrawnearwhenyou will say,"I havenodelightin them";
"But I will deliveryou on that day,"declaresthe LORD,"and you will not be giveninto the handof the menwhomyou dread.
"For you alwayshavethe poorwith you, and wheneveryou wishyou candogoodto them; but you do not alwayshaveMe.
"In everythingI showedyou that by working hardin this manneryou musthelpthe weakand rememberthe wordsof the LordJesus,that He Himselfsaid,'It is moreblessedto givethanto receive.'"
[They] only[asked] us to rememberthe poor--the very thingI alsowas eagerto do.
We urgeyou, brethren,admonishthe unruly,encouragethe fainthearted,helpthe weak,be patientwith everyone.
For Godis not unjustso as to forgetyour workand the lovewhichyou have showntowardHis name,in having ministeredand in still ministeringto the saints.
For judgment[will be] mercilessto one who has shownnomercy;mercytriumphs overjudgment.
Becauseyou have keptthe wordof My perseverance,I alsowill keepyou from the hourof testing,that [hour] which is aboutto comeupon the wholeworld,to testthosewho dwellon the earth.
Her mother-in-lawthen saidto her, "Wheredid you gleantodayand wheredid you work?May he who tooknoticeof you be blessed."So she toldher mother-in-lawwith whomshe had workedand said,"The nameof the manwith whomI workedtodayis Boaz."
