Lexicon :: Strong's H6041 - ʿānî

“If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the edges of your field, nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’”

“You shall not take advantage of a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether [he is] one of your countrymen or one of the strangers (resident aliens, foreigners) who is in your land inside your cities.

“And You save the afflicted people;

But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase (humiliate).

“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],

And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

“The murderer rises at dawn;

He kills the poor and the needy,

And at night he becomes a thief.

Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,

And He heard the cry of the afflicted.

“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,

But gives the afflicted their justice.

“He rescues the afflicted in their affliction,

And opens their ears [so that they pay attention to His voice] in times of oppression.

For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);

He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

For the poor will not always be forgotten,

Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;

Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;

He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];

Do not forget the suffering.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,

Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,

But the LORD is his safe refuge.

For You save an afflicted and humble people,

But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;

Nor has He hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

Turn to me [LORD] 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,

Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],

And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow

To cast down the afflicted and the needy,

To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].

Even though I am afflicted and needy,

Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.

You are my help and my rescuer.

O my God, do not delay.

Your flock found a dwelling place in it;

O God, in Your goodness You provided for the poor.

But I am sorrowful and in pain;

May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

But I am afflicted and needy;

Come quickly to me, O God!

You are my help and my rescuer;

O LORD, do not delay.

May he judge Your people with righteousness,

And Your afflicted with justice.

May he bring justice to the poor among the people,

Save the children of the needy

And crush the oppressor,

For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,

The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;

Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;

Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;

Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

A Prayer of David.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me,

For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;

I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

A Prayer of the afflicted; when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint to God.

Hear my prayer, O LORD,

And let my cry for help come to You!

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,

But persecuted the suffering and needy man,

And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

For I am suffering and needy,

And my heart is wounded within me.

I know [with confidence] that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

And [will secure] justice for the poor.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners,

Yet He gives His grace [His undeserved favor] to the humble [those who give up self-importance].

He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],

But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.

All the days of the afflicted are bad,

But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly

Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant).

Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],

Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords

And whose jaw teeth are like knives,

To devour the afflicted from the earth

And the needy from among men.

Open your mouth, judge righteously,

And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.