“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Hideth

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will hide My eyes from you;

Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

Shall

He who withholds grain, the people will curse him,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”

Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;