Psalm 18:27

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Psalm 18:27

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

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For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

For all these things hath my hand made, and'so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

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The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.