Psalms 40:17
And I [am] poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
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Psalms 34:6This poor [one] called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.
Psalms 40:5Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
Psalms 69:33For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.
Psalms 86:1A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.
Psalms 143:7Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel — I forsake them not.
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 →