Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
Jesus wept.
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow), if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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