Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 86:1 - American Standard Version 2015 {\b A Prayer of David.}\par\par\tab Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;\par\tab For I am poor and needy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: For I am poor and needy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition INCLINE YOUR ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and distressed, needy and desiring. American Standard Version (1901) Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy. Common English Bible LORD, listen closely to me and answer me, because I am poor and in need. Catholic Public Domain Version A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Its foundations are in the holy mountains: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains: |
Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
{\b A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.}\par\par\tab Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,\par\tab And let my cry come unto thee.
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,\par\tab And hath not despised their prayer.
Take away from me reproach and contempt;\par\tab For I have kept thy testimonies.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,\par\tab And justice for the needy.
{\b Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.}\par\par\tab I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;\par\tab With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:\par\tab Incline thine ear unto me, {\i and} hear my speech.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;\par\tab For I am desolate and afflicted.
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:\par\tab Be thou to me a strong rock,\par\tab A house of defence to save me.
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him,\par\tab And saved him out of all his troubles.
But I am poor and needy;\par\tab {\i Yet} the Lord thinketh upon me:\par\tab Thou art my help and my deliverer;\par\tab Make no tarrying, O my God.\par
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.
For all these things hath my hand made, and {\i so} all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies' sake.
{\cf6 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
{\cf6 {\b The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,\par\tab Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor:\par\tab He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,\par\tab And recovering of sight to the blind,\par\tab To set at liberty them that are bruised,}
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world {\i to be} rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?