Lexicon :: Strong's H6041 - ʿānî

“If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest.

“Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.”

“For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.’

“If he is a poor man, do not sleep with the garment he has given as security.

“Do not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether one of your Israelite brothers or one of the resident aliens in a town[fn] in your land.

You rescue an oppressed people,

but your eyes are set against the proud —

you humble them.

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.[fn]

The murderer rises at dawn

to kill the poor and needy,

and by night he becomes a thief.

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

but caused the poor to cry out to him,

and he heard the outcry of the needy.

He does not keep the wicked alive,

but he gives justice to the oppressed.

God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;

he instructs them by their torment.

For the one who seeks an accounting

for bloodshed remembers them;

he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed[fn] will not perish forever.

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

Rise up, LORD God! Lift up your hand.

Do not forget the oppressed.

“Because of the devastation of the needy

and the groaning of the poor,

I will now rise up,” says the LORD.

“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,

but the LORD is his refuge.

For you rescue an oppressed people,

but you humble those with haughty eyes.

For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.

He did not hide his face from him

but listened when he cried to him for help.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am alone and afflicted.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him

and saved him from all his troubles.

All my bones will say,

“LORD, who is like you,

rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,

the poor or the needy from one who robs him? ”

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the[fn] bow

to bring down the poor and needy

and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

Your people settled in it;

God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.

But as for me ​— ​poor and in pain —

let your salvation protect me, God.

I am oppressed and needy;

hurry to me, God.

You are my help and my deliverer;

LORD, do not delay.

He will judge your people with righteousness

and your afflicted ones with justice.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,

help the poor,

and crush the oppressor.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;[fn]

do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;

let the poor and needy praise your name.

“Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;

uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Listen, LORD, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

LORD, hear my prayer;

let my cry for help come before you.

For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death.

For I am suffering and needy;

my heart is wounded within me.

I[fn] know that the LORD upholds

the just cause of the poor,

justice for the needy.

He mocks those who mock

but gives grace to the humble.

The one who despises his neighbor sins,

but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.

All the days of the oppressed are miserable,

but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble[fn]

than to divide plunder with the proud.

Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,

and don’t crush the oppressed at the city gate,

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the land

and the needy from among mankind.

Speak up, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.