Psalms 40:17
(40:18) But though I be poor and needy, the Lord will think of me: my help and my deliverer art thou: O my God, delay not.
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Psalms 34:6(34:7) This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and out of all his distresses did he save him.
Psalms 40:5(40:6) Many things hast thou done, O Lord my God; thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts toward us—there is none to be compared unto thee—will I tell and speak of, [though] they are too numerous to be counted.
Psalms 69:33(69:34) For the Lord listeneth unto the needy, and his prisoners he despiseth not.
Psalms 86:1“A prayer of David.” Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I.
Psalms 143:7Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue is dried up with thirst: I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:12-17
Encouragement in Prayer. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord , to deliver me: O Lord , make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven… Read the whole commentary →